hades

• Eigenname des Gottes der Unterwelt in der griechischen Mythologie, Bruder des Zeus und Gemahl der Persephone; bezeichnet auch die Unterwelt selbst als Reich der Toten.

A proper noun referring to the god of the underworld in Greek mythology, brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone, or the underworld itself as the realm of the dead.

unzählbar · Eigenname

1. God of the UnderworldB2formal

   In Greek mythology, the god who rules the underworld; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone.

   Gott der Unterwelt

   • Hades was one of the three sons of Cronus and Rhea.
   • In many myths, Hades is depicted as a stern but just ruler.
   • Persephone spent half the year with Hades in the underworld.

   Synonymeorcuspluto

2. The UnderworldB2formal

   The realm of the dead in Greek mythology, where souls go after death.

   Unterwelt

   • The hero journeyed into Hades to rescue his beloved.
   • Ancient Greeks believed Hades was a shadowy place beneath the earth.
   • The river Styx separated the world of the living from Hades.

   Synonymenetherworldunderworld