The Only Use of
Hades
in
Looking for Alaska
- "I wouldn't be used to this heat if I were from Hades," I'd joke.†
p. 8.2
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.