| 词汇 | hades |
| 词源 | Hadesgod of the dead in Greek mythology; also the name of his realm, the abode of the dead spirits, 1590s, from Greek Haidēs, in Homer the name of the god of the underworld, son of Kronos and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon. His name is of unknown origin. Perhaps literally " The dead seem all alive in the humane Hades of Homer, yet cannot well speak, prophesie, or know the living, except they drink blood, wherein is the life of man. And therefore the souls of Penelope's Paramours conducted by Mercury chiriped like bats, and those which followed Hercules made a noise but like a flock of birds. [Browne, "Urn-Burial," 1658] updated on March 08, 2023 |
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