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| Pluto, in Greek religion and mythology |
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| in Greek religion and mythology, god of the underworld, son of Kronos and Rhea; also called Hades. After the fall of the Titans, Pluto and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon divided the universe, and Pluto was awarded everything underground. There, with Persephone as his queen, he ruled over Hades. Not only a god of the dead, he is identified as a god of the earth’s fertility. The Romans derived their god of the dead—Orcus, Dis, or Dis Pater—from Pluto. |
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