Hades (Greek deity)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
האדס (אל יווני)
Name (Latin)
Hades (Greek deity)
Other forms of name
Aidēs (Greek deity)
Aidōneus (Greek deity)
Ais (Greek deity)
Plutus (Greek deity)
Pluton (Greek deity)
Pluto (Greek deity)
Ἄϊς (Greek deity)
Ἀΐδης (Greek deity)
Ἀϊδωνεύς (Greek deity)
ᾍδης (Greek deity)
האדס (אליל יווני)
Hades (Greek deity)
האדס (אל יווני)
Associated country
Greece
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 306391416
Wikidata: Q41410
Library of congress: no2014024174
TAU10: 000009105
Sources of Information
  • Oxford classical dictionary, 1996(Hades; Ἀΐδης; Ἄϊς; Ἀϊδωνεύς; ᾍδης; Pluto; Pluton; son of Cronus and Rhea, husband of Persephone, Lord of the dead, king of the underworld. The name Hades refers to the person, but in non-Attic literature also came to represent the place; not the same as Plutus, the god of Wealth)
  • O'Connor, George. Hades, 2012.
  • Oxford classical dictionary, 1996(Hades; Αιδης; Αις; Αιδωνευς; Αδης; Pluto; Pluton; son of Cronus and Rhea, husband of Persephone, Lord of the dead, king of the underworld. The name Hades refers to the person, but in non-Attic literature also came to represent the place; not the same as Plutus, the god of Wealth)