Hades definition

Hades

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WordNet

(1) (religion) the world of the dead

"He didn't want to go to hell when he died"

(2) (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone

WiktionaryText

Hades

: The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother to Zeus, Poseidon
: the underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god
In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol
Hell