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Hades
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hades Hadès
English
Etymology
en :lbor grc:ᾍδης + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈheɪdiːz/
en /ˈheɪdiːz/ /ˈhadiːz/ Ireland
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Hades.wav US
en eɪdiːz 2
Proper noun
thumb|(en god) Statute of Hades with Cerberus
en god en Greek god The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
en Greek mythology The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
7 March 1971 Marcus Brooke To Hades and Back (Hic) With Homer’s Help https://web.archive.org/web/20240812193928/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/07/archives/to-hades-and-back-hic-with-homers-help-to-hades-and-back-hic.html I have just returned from a visit to Hades, and I had a devilishly good time. To the ancients, Hades was the great underworld on the River Styx described so graphically by Homer in the “Odyssey.” Even today, visitors follow the same directions to get to Hades as those recited for Ulysses by the blind poet 3,000 years ago.
In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol.
Hell.
en specifically chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy Hell as a waiting place for damned souls before the Last Judgement, after which they may be cast in Gehenna.
Derived terms
en Hadean
Translations
from Greek mythology
Albanian: sq Hadi
Arabic: ar هَادِيس
Egyptian Arabic: arz هيدز
Armenian: hy Հադես
Asturian: ast Hades m
Azerbaijani: az Aid
Belarusian: be Аід m, be Га́дэс m
Bengali: bn হেডিস, bn হাদেস
Breton: br Haides
Bulgarian: bg Хадес
Burmese: my ဟေးဒီးစ်
Catalan: ca Hades m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 哈帝斯
Mandarin: cmn 哈得斯 Hādésī, cmn 哈迪斯 Hādísī
Coptic: cop Ⲁⲙⲉⲛϯ
Czech: cs Hádes m
Dutch: nl Hades m
Esperanto: eo Hadeso, eo Aido
Etruscan: ett 𐌀𐌉𐌕𐌀
Finnish: fi Haades
French: fr Hadès m
Galician: gl Hades m
Georgian: ka ჰადესი
German: de Hades m
Greek: el Άδης m, el Τάρταρα n-p
Ancient Greek: grc ᾍδης m
Hebrew: he האדס
Hindi: hi हेडीस
Hungarian: hu Hádész
Irish: ga Háidéas m
Italian: it Ade m
Japanese: ja ハーデース Hādēsu
Kazakh: kk Аид m
Korean: ko ^하데스
Latvian: lv Aīds
Lithuanian: lt Hadas
Macedonian: mk Ад m
Malayalam: ml ഹേഡിസ്
Marathi: mr हेडीस
Mazanderani: mzn هادس
Occitan: oc Ades
Odia: or ହେଡ଼େସ୍
Persian: fa هادس hâdes
Polish: pl Hades m
Portuguese: pt Hades m
Punjabi: pa ਹੇਡੀਸ
Russian: ru Аи́д m, ru Га́дес m Gádɛs
Serbo-Croatian: sh Had m
Slovak: sk Hádes
Slovene: sl Had
Spanish: es Hades m
Swahili: sw Hade, sw Hadesi
Swedish: sv Hades c
Tamil: ta ஏடிசு
Tatar: tt Aid
Thai: th เฮดีส
Turkish: tr Hades, tr Tartaros
Ukrainian: uk Аїд, uk Аїдоней, uk Гадес
Uzbek: uz Aid
Veps: vep Aid
the underworld, the domain of Hades
Asturian: ast Hades m
Catalan: ca Hades m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 冥府 Míngfǔ
Galician: gl Hades m
German: de Hades m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc ᾍδης m
Irish: ga Háidéas m
Japanese: ja 冥土 meido, ja 冥界 meikai
Macedonian: mk Ад m
Polish: pl Hades m
Portuguese: pt Hades m
Slovak: sk hádes m
Spanish: es Hades m
Swedish: sv Hades ?
Turkish: tr Hades
the Greek translation of Sheol
Dutch: nl hel f
French: fr Hadès m
German: de Hades m
Greek: el Άδης m
Ancient Greek: grc ᾍδης m
Italian: it Ade m
Macedonian: mk Ад m
Russian: ru Аи́д m, ru Га́дес m Gádɛs
Swahili: sw kuzimu
hell
Bashkir: ba тамуҡ, ba йәһәннәм
Bulgarian: bg ад m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 地獄 dìyù, cmn 地府 dìfǔ, cmn 陰間 yīnjiān
Finnish: fi tuonela
Greek: el κόλαση f
Ancient Greek: grc ᾍδης
Italian: it Ade m
Japanese: ja 黄泉 よも, yomo, よみ, yomi, こうせん, kōsen, ja 地獄 じごく, jigoku
Korean: ko 지옥(地獄)
Latin: la Tartarus m
Macedonian: mk ад
Mongolian: mn ад
Portuguese: pt Tártaro m
Russian: ru ад m, ru преиспо́дняя f, ru тот свет m
Turkish: tr hades, tr tartaros, tr tamu, tr cehennem
See also
en Gehenna (from Ancient Greek: grc γέεννα)
en Hell
en Pluto
en Tartarus (from Ancient Greek: grc Τάρταρος)
Anagrams
en adehs Da'esh Daesh Desha Shade Shead ashed deash heads sadhe shade
en Afterlife Death Hell
Asturian
Etymology
From ast grc ᾍδης.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
ast Greek god en Hades god
ast Greek mythology en Hades underworld
Catalan
ca:
Etymology
From ca grc ᾍδης.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
ca Greek god en Hades god
ca Greek mythology en Hades underworld
ca Mythological locations
Danish
da:
Etymology
From da grc ᾍδης.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da Greek god en Hades god
da Greek mythology en Hades the underworld, the domain of Hades
da Greek deities Mythology
Galician
Etymology
gl :der grc:ᾍδης + 1
Proper noun
m
gl Greek god en Hades god
gl Greek mythology en Hades underworld
German
de:
Pronunciation
de De-Hades.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun m
de Greek god Hades god
de Greek mythology Hades underworld
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :lbor grc:ᾍδης + 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Hades.wav
Proper noun
m-pr
pl Greek god en Hades god
Declension
s
Proper noun
m-in
pl Greek mythology en Hades underworld
Declension
s
Further reading
pl Afterlife Mythological locations
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :lbor la:Hades<ety:uder<grc:ᾍδης>> 2 1
Pronunciation
pt Ha des
Proper noun
m
pt Greek god en Hades god of the underworld
pt Greek mythology en Hades the underworld, the domain of Hades
pt Afterlife
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor grc:ᾍδης + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es Greek god en Hades god
es Greek mythology en Hades underworld
Turkish
tr:
Proper noun
tr Greek god Hades