All 18 Uses of
Hades
in
The Hidden Oracle
- Aw, Hades no....†
p. 69.1Hades = Greek mythology: the god of the underworld (land of the dead)
- Is it Nicholas, son of Hades?†
p. 91.3 *
- Being face-to-face with a son of Hades, I recalled the many mortals I had sent to the Underworld with my plague arrows.†
p. 91.5
- I'll admit I did not understand Will's attraction to a child of Hades, but if the dark foreboding type was what made Will happy ... Oh.†
p. 94.6
- It jogged my memories of those few short golden months I'd shared with Hyacinthus before the jealousy, before the horrible accident ... "Nico," I said at last, "shouldn't you be sitting at the Hades table?"†
p. 110.8
- An odd complaint for a child of Hades, but I understood what he meant.†
p. 115.5
- I started to say, "Meg—" Then all Hades broke loose.†
p. 126.0
- What the Hades?†
p. 127.8
- That first generation of gods could be a stuffy bunch (I'm looking at you, Hera, Hades, Dad), but Demeter had always been a kind and loving presence—except when she was destroying mankind through pestilence and famine, but everyone has their bad days.†
p. 129.6
- Ever since her daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Hades, she'd been a little touchy about her children dating gods.†
p. 130.2
- He propped his elbow on Nico's shoulder as if the son of Hades were a convenient shelf.†
p. 157.0
- She looked as if she'd just gone through Hades's haunted house.†
p. 173.7
- I could tell the son of Hades was angry too.†
p. 179.9
- Hades is quite good at tracking down escaped spirits from the Underworld.†
p. 199.5
- I remembered that the son of Hades had his own ways of sensing the future—futures that involved the possibility of death.†
p. 212.7
- Gods are sustained by worship, son of Hades.†
p. 253.2
- Hades used to love sneaking up on me that way and yelling, "HI!" just as I shot an arrow of death.†
p. 323.9
- Sherman Yang asked in a voice of childlike wonder: "What the Hades just happened?"†
p. 340.9
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.