Found 2 items, similar to Hades.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Hades Hades n 1: (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone [syn: Pluto, Aides, Aidoneus] 2: (religion) the world of the dead; “he didn't want to go to hell when he died” [syn: Hel, Hell, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hades 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. [1913 Webster] And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. --Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. --Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. --Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]