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"The gloomy Hades enriches himself with our sighs and our tears!" - Sophocles The Greek god Hades is something of an enigma. On the one hands, people can view him by having a zoom lens that was a byproduct of the Christian tradition: as a terrifying lord of fatality seated upon his ebony throne, an unseen force of electric power moving through the world. Certainly, many of the traditional Greeks themselves observed the god in this light. They whispered his name and made sacrifices of dark-colored sheep on dark times, allowing the blood vessels to trickle into the earth to reach the underworld. On the other hand, there is a parallel Greek tradition that depicts Hades as a regal god plus more of the dark parallel to his brother Zeus, who bears the same icons of sovereignty and could have some profound connect to him in a primordial sense. The name "Hades" basically means "unseen", however the Greeks had a superstitious fear of calling Hades by his proper name and thus created numerous ways of discussing the god. For instance, "Euboleus" means "giver of good counsel" and "Polydectes" means "he who gets many". "Stygeros" means "hateful one". "Polydegmons" means either "greyish man" or "hospitable one". Typically the most popular name was "Plouton" which means "wealth-giver". It described Hades' role in guarding the treasures of the earth. That name was eventually adopted and modified by the Romans to become their god "Pluto". Other names used for the god included Aidoneus, Ais, Clymenus, and Pylartes.
