Asphodel vs. Hades

Asphodelnoun

Flowering plants of the family Asphodelaceae, especially Asphodelus ramosus and Asphodelus albus; the flowers of these plants.

Asphodelnoun

(Greek mythology) The flower said to carpet Hades, and a favorite food of the dead.

Asphodelnoun

A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.

Asphodelnoun

any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers

Hadesnoun

plural of hade

Hadesnoun

The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.

Hadesnoun

(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone

Hadesnoun

(religion) the world of the dead;

Hades

Hades (; Greek: ᾍδης Hádēs; Ἅιδης Háidēs), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although the last son regurgitated by his father.