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Plato, Cratylus, section 403a (search)
Or it may be that from his shaking he was called the Shaker (o( sei/wn), and the pi and delta are additions. As for Pluto, he was so named as the giver of wealth (plou=tos), because wealth comes up from below out of the earth. And Hades—I fancy most people think that this is a name of the Invisible (a)eidh/s), so they are afraid and call him Pluto. Or it may be that from his shaking he was called the Shaker (o( sei/wn), and the pi and delta are additions. As for Pluto, he was so named as the giver of wealth (plou=tos), because wealth comes up from below out of the earth. And Hades—I fancy most people think that this is a name of the Invisible (a)eidh/s), so they are afraid and call him Pluto
Plato, Cratylus, section 403e (search)
so beautiful, as it appears, are the words which Hades has the power to speak; and from this point of view this god is a perfect sophist and a great benefactor of those in his realm, he who also bestows such great blessings upon us who are on earth; such abundance surrounds him there below, and for this reason he is called Pluto. Then, too, he refuses to consort with men while they have bodies, but only accepts their society
P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Brookes More), Book 7, line 238 (search)
right to Hecate was given, but the one upon the left was sacred then to you, O Hebe, goddess of eternal youth! Festooning woodland boughs and sweet vervain adorned these altars, near by which she dug as many trenches. Then, when all was done, she slaughtered a black ram, and sprinkled with blood the thirsty trenches; after which she poured from rich carchesian goblets generous wine and warm milk, grateful to propitious Gods— the Deities of earth on whom she called— entreating, as she did so, Pluto, lord of ghostly shades, and ravished Proserpine, that they should not, in undue haste, deprive her patient's aged limbs of life. When certain she compelled the God's regard, assured her incantations and long prayers were both approved and heard, she bade her people bring out the body of her father-in-law— old Aeson's worn out body—and when she had buried him in a deep slumber by her spells, as if he were a dead man, she then stretched him out upon a bed of herbs. She ordered Jason and his
P. Ovidius Naso, Art of Love, Remedy of Love, Art of Beauty, Court of Love, History of Love, Amours (ed. various), carte 0 (search)
ling steps we bend." "Oh, where's his court?" said I. The nymph replied, "High on Cithera stands, with tow'ring pride, A stately castle, his imperial seat, In which he lives magnificently great." Her steps I follow'd, till my eager sight, Reaching the hill, found her description right; Amaz'd I saw the building large and strong, Vast were the domes, the marble turrets long; But gold and jewels hid the massy stone And stretching to the skies, with lustre shone: Sapphires and rubies mingled various lights, More sparkling than the stars in winter nights: And Phoebus darted on tnis happy place His lustre, to regain the queen's good grace; For chancing once unluckily to find Mars in her arms, he had enrag'd her mind; But now to please th' offended queen he strove, Which shew'd his longing for the sweets of love: For all the gods that on Olympus dwell, E'en Jove and Pluto, kings of heaven and hell, All things that live on earth, or breathe above, The mighty joys of this best realm approve.