ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hades, Greek Aïdes (“the Unseen”), also called Pluto or Pluton (“the Wealthy One” or “the Giver of Wealth”), in ancient Greek religion, god of the underworld. Hades was a son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and brother of the deities Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pluto is normally seen as the Roman version of the Greek god Hades. The name Pluto has some pretty ambivalent connotations. On the one hand, Pluto in Roman stands for god of wealth, so he was thought to be very rich.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pluto is the Roman interpretation of the Greek god of the underworld, Hades.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pluto’s Roman equivalent is Dis Pater, whose name is most often taken to mean “Rich Father” and is perhaps a direct translation of Plouton. Pluto was also identified with the obscure Roman Orcus, like Hades the name of both a god of the underworld and the underworld as a place.

Detailed explanation-5: -Pluto was the Roman counterpart to Hades, the Greek deity who ruled the underworld of the same name. A wizened Pluto leans on his staff as his three-headed hound Cerberus keeps watch in this statue from the second century CE. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete, Greece.