From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hades \Ha"des\ (h[=a]"d[=e]z), n. [Gr. "a',dhs, "A'idhs; 'a
priv. + 'idei^n to see. Cf. {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.
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And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in
them. --Rev. xx. 13
(Rev. Ver.).
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Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see
corruption. --Acts ii. 31
(Rev. Ver.).
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And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments.
--Luke xvi. 23
(Rev. Ver.).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tartarus \Tar"ta*rus\ (t[aum]r"t[.a]*r[u^]s), prop. n. [L., from
Gr. Ta`rtaros.] (Class. Myth.)
The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as
far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later
writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the
wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used
synonymously with {Hades}, or the Lower World in general.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hades
n 1: (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient
mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone [syn:
{Pluto}, {Hades}, {Aides}, {Aidoneus}]
2: (religion) the world of the dead; "No one goes to Hades with
all his immense wealth"-Theognis [syn: {Hell}, {Hades},
{infernal region}, {netherworld}, {Scheol}, {underworld}]
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
Hades /hadəs/
Hades
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