![]() It’s not a surprise that the epithet “god of wealth” fits Hades since everything within his realm is his. Though the Earth is abundant with wealth, there’s a lot more undiscovered underneath it. Photo from: Wikimedia Commons His most popular epithet is the “god of wealth.” The most common meaning behind his name is “the unseen one,” and in some translations “his knowledge of all noble things.”īritish classical scholar Martin Litchfield West argued that the name Hades’ original meaning is “the one who presides over death,” a fitting name for the god of the Underworld. His name means many things, whether it comes with the job or not. Hades means “the one who presides over death.”
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