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What does Hades mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
  2. (Greek) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
  3. In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol.
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Hades was dressed in some sort of long black himation while his wife wore a white chiton.
Then the heavens opened, Hades bellowed, the thunder crashed, the water splashed, and a wall of rain came at us.
Persephone was forced to live a dual life in both the underworld and earth after eating the pomegranate seeds given to her by Hades.
But better not inflame passions with references to Hades or the netherworld?
In the myth she was abducted by the God of the underworld, Pluto, and stolen away to his kingdom of Hades.
The number of women worldwide over all history consigned to Hades by Roger for having abortions must be in the hundreds of millions.

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