Hades

Examples

• All

• In the beginning, Hades was wise... ...and just and strong.

  Wrath of the Titans (2012)

• With this crown I make you queen of Hades

  The Goddess of Spring (1934)

• Orpheus travels to Hades to get back his dead wife.

  Love Again (2023)

• Zeus, Persephone's father, had granted Hades her hand in marriage without her consent or Demeter's.

• The friends walk nervously into the parlor, where Persephone and Hades argue.

  Academic text (2010)

• Aeneas, too, made his traditional voyage into Hades in the sixth book of Virgil's Aeneid.

  Academic text (2003)

• Orpheus travels to Hades to retrieve his beloved wife from the underworld.

• Aeneas made a perilous journey through Hades in search of his deceased father.

• The River Styx serves as the entrance to Hades, the realm ruled by the god of the underworld.

Synonyms

P

Pluto

vsHades

• Literature

7 6.6

The Roman god who rules the land of the dead

is the Greek name rather than the Roman equivalent

D

Dis

vsHades

• Literature

4 9.9

The Roman god who rules the world of the dead

is the Greek name used in the original myths

O

Orcus

vsHades

• Literature

1 9.9

A Roman god of the underworld who punishes the dead and people who break promises

refers more generally to the underworld ruler, not punishment focused

A

Aidoneus

vsHades

• Literature

9.9

A god who rules the underworld in Greek myth and is the husband of Persephone

is the standard Greek name rather than the alternate form

A

Aides

vsHades

• Literature

9.9

Greek god who rules the land of the dead and is Persephone's husband

is the common Greek name used across stories

D

Dis Pater

vsHades

• Literature

9.9

A Roman god who rules the underworld

is the Greek term for that deity rather than the Roman title

Idioms

H

hot as Hades

• Informal

8.4

Very hot, with high temperature or strong spice

Surface Forms

Etymology