Hades

Hades (Greek: - Hadēs or - H?idēs) ("unseen") means both the ancient Greek abode of the dead and the god of that underworld. The word originally referred to just the god;

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haidou, its genitive, was short for "the house of Hades", and eventually the nominative, too, came to designate the abode of the dead. (A related Hebrew word, She'Ol, for the abode of the dead also meant literally "unseen.")

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The corresponding Roman god was Pluto (from Greek ???????), Dis Pater or Orcus; the corresponding Etruscan god was Aita. "Hades" is sometimes employed by Christians as a classicizing euphemism for Hell, which otherwise has few of the attributes of Hades.

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Underworld: :For other meanings of this word see Underworld (disambiguation)...

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