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Hades
The god of the netherworld and dispenser of earthly riches; used now to describe the home of the dead which came from the Greek word meaning "the unseen".

Hades was also known in Roman mythology as Pluto, the god of wealth; from the Greek word plutus, meaning "wealth".

It is also used to refer to "hell".

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