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Hades, which means "unseen" is the Greek name for the underworld, a place that they thought literally existed under the ground beneath their feet. Places in the underworld include Elysium, Tartarus, Erebus (also called the cave of Nyx) and the rivers Styx, Acheron, Lethe, Cocytus, and Phlegethon.
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What is Hades remembered for?
Hades is remembered for being both the name of the Greek god who was King of the Underworld, and another name for the Underworld itself.
What is the name of the Greek underworld?
The Underworld
What the name of the Greek underworld?
The Underworld
What was the name of the Greek god of the other world?
The greek god of the other world is Hades, the other world is another name for the underworld.
Where the dead go and greek name of the understanding?
In Greek mythology the dead go to the Underworld which is sometimes called Hades. Hades is also the name of the Greek god of the Underworld.
If hades is the god of the underworld of Greek and Roman mythology is devil warship with the pentagram some how tied together?
Hades is another name for the Underworld or ,in other words Hell.
What was hades functions in greek society?
Hades was both the King of the Underworld and another name of the Underworld in which the dead resided: it was both a place the dead resided in after death, and the ruler of that place.
Are there Greek mythology stories about Erebos?
Only in the cosmogeny of myths is Erebos mentioned, otherwise his name can be another term for the underworld.
What was the name of the king of the underworld in greek mythhology?
Hades.
What is another name for the Greek underworld?
Hades was a name for both the Underworld and the god who ruled it. The underworld itself was also referred to as Erebus, the Asphodel FieldsElysium or Tartarus- Erebus was the underworld in general. Elysium was a later invention, a paradise for the righteous, the Asphodel Fields were a Greek version of limbo, and Tartarus was an abyss of eternal punishment.
What is another name for the Greek land of the dead?
The Greek land of the dead was sometimes called the underworld, the land of Hades, (the god who oversaw the dead), or sometimes just Hades.Hades
Where is the pace in greek where the dead go and the greek name of the lord of the underworld?
Both have the same name. The greek God Ades is the ruler of the underworld, and the place it inhabits and where the souls go after death is also called Ades. in Greek: Άδης
