Pluto (1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article)
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 1911
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Description
The 1911 Britannica article on Pluto treats the Greek god of the lower world. His oldest name was Hades, the Unseen. He was a son of Cronus and Rhea. He was a brother of Zeus and Poseidon. The three brothers drew lots for the realms. The world below fell to Pluto.
There he ruled with his wife Persephone. He was stern and pitiless. Prayer and sacrifice could not move him. Only the music of Orpheus won back a dead wife. His helmet made him unseen. Men feared to speak his name. They used kinder titles instead. Later belief softened him into a giver of grain and wealth. The Romans called him Dis Pater and Orcus. His signs were a sceptre and the hound Cerberus.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Encyclopaedia Britannica |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1911 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Wikisource — 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Pluto