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Look up: Hades

  1. Hades
    Hades was the Greek god of the underworld. He was a son of Cronus.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Hades
    In Greek mythology, the underworld where spirits (shades) went after death, usually depicted as a cavern or pit underneath the Earth, the entrance of which was guarded by the three-headed dog...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  3. Hades
    Tactical nuclear surface-to-surface missile, Aèrospatiale [FR]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  4. Hades
    Ha'des (hā'dēz) noun [ Greek 'a',dhs , 'A'idhs ; 'a priv. + 'idei^n to see. Confer Un- , Wit .] The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave. « And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them.» Rev. xx. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/2

  5. Hades
    `Hades` refers to both the ancient Greek underworld and the god of the dead. The word originally (as in Homer) referred to just the god; , `Haidou` its genitive, was an elision of `the house of Hades`. Eventually, the nominative, too, came to designate the abode of the dead. In Greek mythology, Hades and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimed rulership over the universe ruling the underworld, sky, and sea, respectively. B...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades

  6. Hades
    • (n.) The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Hades
    (from the article `hell`) ...), Hades is an underworld god, a chthonic personification of death whose realm, divided from the land of the living by a terrible river, resembles ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/2

  8. Hades
    (`the Rich`), in Greek religion, son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and brother of the deities Zeus and Poseidon. After Cronus was killed, the ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/2

  9. Hades
    in the Greek Old Testament, translation of the Hebrew Sheol, the dwelling place of the dead. See hell.
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/3

  10. Hades
    Hades 1. A Greek god whose name means, 'The Unseen'. He was lord of the underworld, the abode of the dead. 2. The Greek word Hades was used to translate several Hebrew words in the Bible, namely, 'the pit, stillness, death, those who bring death, deep darkness', and, most commonly, Sheol. 3. In Homer, the name of the god of the lower world, but in la...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. Hades
    Hades (hā'dēz) , in Greek and Roman religion and mythology. 1. The ruler of the underworld: see Pluto. 2. The world of the dead, ruled by Pluto and Persephone, located either underground or in the far west beyond the inhabited regions. It was separated from the land of the living by ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  12. Hades
    (Gr. Haides) In Greek mythology the god of the underworld, the son of Cronos and Rhea and the brother of Zeus, hence the kingdom ruled over by Hades, or the abode of the dead. -- G.R.M.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/h.html


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