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Pluto is the Roman god of the underworld, where the Greek equivalent is Hades. The Roman god of the sea is Neptune, not Pluto.

The Greek god of wealth is Plutus.

2006-08-19 16:19:23 · answer #1 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 1 1

Pluto is the Roman god of the Underworld. In Greek, he is called Hades.

2006-08-19 16:21:13 · answer #2 · answered by Sammie_SPN 2 · 0 0

Pluto was the Roman god of the dead and the underworld, known to the Greeks as Hades.

Plutus or sometimes Plutos was the Greek god of wealth.

Both were considered underworld deities and because of the similarity of their names are often confused, especially since the Romans and Greeks considered them as associated with one another.

The association is quite natural. The dead are buried in the earth. Wealth often comes out of the earth in the form of precious gems or valuable metals and is often concealed in the earth as in the old stories of buried pirate treasure, though actually pirates tended to spend their treasure rather than bury it, Robert Louis Stevenson notwithstanding.

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2006-08-19 16:26:25 · answer #3 · answered by jaxwizz 2 · 0 0

Both. Most Greek and Roman gods were the same, but the names differed.

2006-08-19 16:18:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Pluto is the Lord of the Underworld AKA Death

2006-08-19 16:18:18 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

Pluto is the Roman god of the underworld and the judge of the dead. Pluto was the son of Saturn. Pluto's wife was Proserpina (Greek name, Persephone) whom he had kidnapped and dragged into the underworld. His brothers were Jupiter and Neptune. People referred to Pluto as the rich one because he owned all the wealth in the ground. People were afraid to say his real name because they were afraid it might attract his attention. Black sheep were offered to him as sacrifices. Pluto was known as a pitiless god because if a mortal entered his Underworld they could never hope to return. Pluto's Greek name is Hades.

Hades is the Greek lord of the dead and ruler of the nether world, which is referred to as the domain of Hades or, by transference, as Hades alone. He is the son of Cronus and Rhea. When the three sons of Cronus divided the world among each other, Hades was given the underworld, while his brothers Zeus and Poseidon took the upperworld and the sea respectively. For a while Hades ruled the underworld together with Persephone, whom he had abducted from the upperworld, but Zeus ordered him to release Persephone back into the care of her mother Demeter. However, before she left he gave her a pomegranate and when she ate of it, it bound her to the underworld forever.


Hades sits on a throne made of ebony, and carries a scepter. He also has a helmet, given to him by the Cyclopes, which can make him invisible. Hades rules the dead, assisted by various (demonic) helpers, such as Thanatos and Hypnos, the ferryman Charon, and the hound Cerberus. Many heroes from Greek mythology have descended into the underworld, either to question the shades or trying to free them. Although Hades does not allow his subjects to leave his domain, on several occasions he has granted permission, such as when Orpheus requested the return of his beloved Eurydice.

Hades possesses the riches of the earth, and is thus referred to as 'the Rich One'. Possibly also because -- as Sophocles writes -- 'the gloomy Hades enriches himself with our sighs and our tears'. Of all the gods, Hades is the one who is liked the least and even the gods themselves have an aversion of him. People avoided speaking his name lest they attracted his unwanted attention. With their faces averted they sacrificed black sheep, whose blood they let drip into pits, and when they prayed to him, they would bang their hands on the ground. The narcissus and the cypress are sacred to him.

Other names include Clymenus ('notorious'), Eubuleus ('well-guessing') and Polydegmon ('who receives many').

2006-08-20 01:33:14 · answer #6 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 0 0

He replaced into in contact interior the tale of Persephone, and her subsequently getting trapped interior the Underworld for 0.5 the 365 days while she ate some seeds at the same time as interior the Underworld. She replaced into Hades spouse. Hades is the god of the lifeless. while the gods defeated Kronos Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon drew plenty to work out which section they might have. Hades ended up getting the Underworld. additionally he's in basic terms allowed on Olympus one a 365 days during the wintry climate Solstice i think it rather is. besides that one assembly of the gods he replaced into banished from Olympus. the assumption replaced into that Zeus replaced into frightened approximately opposition, being overthrown via his disgruntled brother. His image is Cerberus (3 headed canines) and/or his Helm of Darkness.

2016-09-29 11:20:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

its the roman god of death but hades is the greek version and pluto is mikies dog u idgit lol

2006-08-19 16:18:51 · answer #8 · answered by skaterpunk3334 1 · 0 0

when they three brothers zeus, poseiden, and hades castrated chronos, they divided the world between the three. zeus took the sky, posiden the sea. hades was left with the earth. as such, he is ruler of the LAND where the dead are, not necessarily the dead, just their residence, believe it or not. gold, the measure of currency since time imemmorial, is harvested (mined) from the earth. as such, pluto had the realm of wealth as well

2006-08-19 18:39:32 · answer #9 · answered by Jim 7 · 0 0

Neither! Instead, he is a sort of in between. He is, in Greek mythology,the god of departed spirits and of the underworld( *Hades).

2006-08-19 18:31:41 · answer #10 · answered by Echo Forest 6 · 0 0

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