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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pluto ( Greek: Πλούτων, Ploutōn) was the ruler of the Greek underworld. The earlier name for the god was Hades, which became more common as the name of the underworld itself. Pluto represents a more positive concept of the god who presides over the afterlife.
Dec 9, 2022 · The name “Pluto,” rendered as Plūtō in the Latin, was derived from the Greek name Plouton, meaning “the wealthy one.” This name was an aspect of the deity Hades, one that highlighted his control over subterranean sources of mineral wealth.
Mar 14, 2017 · Pluto. Pluto was one of three brothers and two sisters born to the Roman god, Saturn, and his goddess wife, Ops. Upon the death of Saturn and after the defeat of the Titans, the three brothers divided the realms of their father. Jupiter received the sky as his dominion; Neptune, the sea, and Pluto, the underworld.
Jul 6, 2023 · Pluto is the god of the Underworld in Roman mythology. His Greek counterpart was Hades. Pluto chose never to sit on Olympus with the other gods and goddesses, preferring to remain in the Underworld.
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PARENTS
[1.1] HIMAS (Hyginus Fabulae 155) [1.2] KRONOS or HIMANTES (Scholiast on Euripides Orestes 5, Scholiast on Pindar's Olympian 3.41)
OFFSPRING
[1.1] TANTALOS (by Zeus) (Pausanias 2.22.3, Antoninus Liberalis 36, Hyginus Fabulae 155, Nonnus Dionysiaca 1.145, Suidas)
PLUTO (Ploutô). A daughter of Cronos or Himantes, became by Zeus or Tmolus, the mother of Tantalus. (Schol. ad Eurip. Or. 5; Paus. ii. 22. § 4; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. iii. 41; Hygin. Fab.155.) Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2. 22. 3 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : "Tantalos (Tantalus) . . . who legend says was a son of Zeus and Plouto (Pluto)." Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 74. 1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) : "Tantalos (Tantalus) was a son of Zeus, and he possessed surpassing wealth (ploutos) ...
Plouto was the daughter of Himantes. In Greek himantes were strips of toughened ox-hide wrapped around the hands and wrists of a boxer. This may have a Greek attempt to translate the Lydian name Manes who, according to Herodotus, was the first King of Lydian myth. His son Atyllos was probaby the counterpart of the Greek Atlas or Tantalos. The Lydia...
GREEK
1. Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History - Greek History C1st B.C. 2. Pausanias, Description of Greece - Greek Travelogue C2nd A.D. 3. Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D. 4. Nonnus, Dionysiaca - Greek Epic C5th A.D.
BYZANTINE
1. Suidas, The Suda - Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.
OTHER SOURCES
Other references not currently quoted here: Scholiast on Euripides Orestes 5, Scholiast on Pindar's Olympian Ode 3.41.
May 29, 2019 · Pluto was the Greek underworld god and a god of riches, but how did he get the name - and the gig?
Pluto is the most distant planet from the Sun, usually orbiting beyond the orbit of Neptune. Pluto is the Roman name for Hades, the Greek god of the Underworld. The planet received it's name because of it's distance from the Sun and because it is in perpetual darkness.
