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Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman 6 0 Browse Search
P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Brookes More) 2 0 Browse Search
P. Ovidius Naso, Art of Love, Remedy of Love, Art of Beauty, Court of Love, History of Love, Amours (ed. various) 2 0 Browse Search
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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