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Contents 1 In Christianity 2 Disambiguation 2.1 Computers 2.2 Music 3 In fiction

Hades means both the ancient Greek abode of the dead (the underworld) and the god of that place.

Hades may also mean:

[edit] In Christianity

• Hades in Christianity, according to the New Testament the place where the dead will be. See also Sheol.
• Hell in Christian beliefs, In the New Testament, was written in the Greek language, Hades was not often used as a synonym for hell, but since the Middle Ages, has often been taken as a synonym for hell.

[edit] Disambiguation

• Hades (moon) – an informal name borne by Jupiter IX (now Sinope) from 1955 to 1975
• Hadès (missile), a French nuclear ballistic missile system
• Lena Hades (Лена Хейдиз), a Russian artist
• Hades (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park
  • The word "hades" may also be one syllable, being a form of the verb "to hade", which is a miners' term for the way that a geologic fault has slipped.

[edit] Computers

• HADES (software), a signal processing system

[edit] Music

• Hades Almighty, a black metal band
• Hades Records, a record label

[edit] In fiction

• Hades (DC Comics), a foe of Wonder Woman
• Hades (Honorverse), a fictional maximum security prison in the David Weber's Honorverse
• Hades (Disney), the villain from the 1997 Disney film Hercules
• The Gray Wastes of Hades, also known as Hades, a Dungeons and Dragons plane
• A hypothetical planet used in Uranian astrology
• Hades (The Hills Have Eyes) a character from The Hills Have Eyes series of films
• Hades (Saint Seiya), the Greek god Hades as used as a character in the Saint Seiya ficitonal scenario
• Hades Nebula, a videogame
• Acheron Hades, foe of Thursday Next from the books of Jasper Fforde.

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