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.
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the spirit world, hell, underworld, world after death, land of life after death.
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The underworld was divided into 3 parts: The fields of Asphodel, The Elysian Fields and Tartarus, it was ruled by Hades, greek god of the Underworld.
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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.
Hades is another name for the Underworld or ,in other words Hell.
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
the greek god of the underworld was hades