roman god of the underworld, orcus, is also called pluto.
roman god of the underworld also called orcus or pluto?
orcus
"plūtō" (; genitive "plūtōnis") is the latinized form of the greek "plouton". 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. the borrowed greek name "pluto" is sometimes used for the ruler of the dead in latin literature, leading some mythology handbooks to assert misleadingly that pluto was the roman counterpart of hades. "pluto" ("pluton" in french and german, "plutone" in italian) becomes the most common name for the classical ruler of the underworld in subsequent western literature and other art forms.
pluto (mythology)
the minor planet orcus was named after one of the roman gods of the underworld, orcus. while pluto was the ruler of the underworld, orcus was a punisher of the condemned. the approved naming citation was published by the minor planet center on 26 november 2004 (). under the guidelines of the international astronomical union's (iau) naming conventions, objects with a similar size and orbit to that of pluto are named after underworld deities. accordingly, the discoverers suggested naming the object after "orcus", the etruscan god of the underworld and punisher of broken oaths. he was portrayed in paintings in etruscan tombs as a hairy, bearded giant. the name was also a private reference to the homonymous orcas island, where brown's wife diane had lived as a child and that they visit frequently.
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