The ancient Greeks beleived tha in order to get to the land of Hades; were people went after they died, you had to cross the river Styx. The coin was so that the dead perosn could pay the boatman Charon to ferry them across the river. Otherwise you would be trapped forever on the shores of the Styx and never goet to Elisyum (paradise)
Both have the same name. The greek God Ades is the ruler of the underworld, and the place it inhabits and where the souls go after death is also called Ades. in Greek: Άδης
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Hades was the God of the dead in Greek mythology.
They could see that Jesus was already dead, so they did not break his legs to speed up the process. As an assurance that he was truly dead, one of the soldiers stabbed him in the heart with his spear.
About 534,617 soldiers survived world war I. 595,000 soldiers served and 60,383 were dead.
Hell, Place of the Dead, Deep place.
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No, Catholic tradition does not involve putting coins in the eyes of the dead. This practice comes from ancient Greek and Roman customs to pay the ferryman to transport the deceased across the river Styx in the afterlife. It is not a part of Catholic funeral rites.
Hades was both the King of the Underworld and another name of the Underworld in which the dead resided: it was both a place the dead resided in after death, and the ruler of that place.
Actually, "Hades" IS the Greek name for the place where dead people went according to the ancient greek religion, but Pluto is hades' roman name
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Hades was the underworld; the ruler of Hades was Pluto.
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The coins on the eyes of the dead are meant to provide the dead with payment for Charon, the ferryman who takes the dead across the River Styx and into the Underworld.
Both have the same name. The greek God Ades is the ruler of the underworld, and the place it inhabits and where the souls go after death is also called Ades. in Greek: Άδης