Both Uses of
Hades
in
The Sunlight Dialogues
- I was driving down the road behind Hobe Dart one time—you know how Hobe drives, bat out of Hades and more'n half-sound-asleep at the wheel—well Hobe swerved over in the left-hand lane, not watching where he's going, and as luck would have it there's Luke bearing down on him ninety miles an hour in that semi truck of Paxton's.†
Chpt 3Hades = Greek mythology: the god of the underworld (land of the dead)
- It was pouring down like Niagara Falls, and the wind howled like a pack of dogs out of Hades.†
Chpt 5 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(Hades as in: the Olympian god) Greek mythology: the god of the underworld (land of the dead); brother of Zeus and Poseidon
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Hades was also the name of the Greek underworld (where the souls of the dead were thought to dwell). It is also used as a more polite way of saying hell.