Hades
- noun
- /ˈheɪdiːz/
- Literature
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Hades
- Ajax remain so angry that when Odysseus in the Odyssey descends to Hades and speaks with the dead, he talks with Agamemnon and he talks with Achilles.
So I'm going to leave you with this image of Socrates, you know, down there bothering all the people in in Hades and pestering them and not letting them go.
- So I'm going to leave you with this image of Socrates, you know, down there bothering all the people in in Hades and pestering them and not letting them go.
- So as I lay down, the woman with the dog's eye would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades.
- Ajax remain so angry that when Odysseus in the Odyssey descends to Hades and speaks with the dead, he talks with Agamemnon and he talks with Achilles.
- But Judaism has a concept of hell of Hades of of No, not really.
- Nobody wants to get out there and ride on the fiery back strap of Hades, That lava flow, that Hawaiian lava flow that's going on right now.
Examples
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In Greek mythology, the souls of the dead must journey to Hades, where they will be judged.
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They cannot rest quietly in Hades unless their body has been properly buried.
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Hey, I just came up from the depths of Hades through all of this sand and I found this cute little girl down here.
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But then in other versions of the story, Aphrodite goes back again to Hades and says, oh, please, really, they were this close.
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Though a meager amount, it was enough to ensnare her in Hades forever.
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And yet here we have Lazarus now dead, but in in Hades in a separated from God and the beggar is with God.
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Science doesn't have much to say about Valhalla, or Elysium or Hades or heaven or hell or the spirits of your ancestors.
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So I'm going to leave you with this image of Socrates, you know, down there bothering all the people in in Hades and pestering them and not letting them go.
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The story describes how heroes heroically faced challenges even in Hades, proving their valor after death.
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To enter Hades, the deceased must cross the river Styx, guided by Charon the ferryman.
Synonyms
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A place after death where the dead are punished in some religions
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A place where souls go after death in myths
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A dark world below the earth where the dead live
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A place where the dead live in ancient Hebrew belief
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A place of suffering for the dead in religious stories
Idioms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hades comes from an old Greek name that probably means 'the unseen', from parts like a- 'not' and idein 'to see'. So Hades fits the idea of a hidden world of the dead, a place you cannot see.