Pluto

Roman lord of the underworld, son of Saturn; counterpart of Hades.

Parentage

• father: SaturnHyginus, Fabulae, Preface: children of Saturn and Ops (primary)
• mother: OpsHyginus, Fabulae, Preface: children of Saturn and Ops (primary)

Domains

• underworld

Powers

• Rules the dead and the wealth beneath the earth

Epithets

• Dis Pater latin · Dis Pater'Wealthy Father' (calque of Gk Ploutōn) — Roman lord of the underworld and its richesCicero, On the Nature of the Gods 2.66 (primary); Varro, On the Latin Language 5.66 (primary)
• Orcus latin · Orcus'Orcus' — older Italic name for the death-god and the underworld itselfCicero, On the Nature of the Gods 3.43 (primary)

Relations

• sibling: VestaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Saturn & Ops) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• father: SaturnHyginus, Fabulae, Preface: children of Saturn and Ops (primary)
• mother: OpsHyginus, Fabulae, Preface: children of Saturn and Ops (primary)
• counterpart of: HadesLatin mythographic counterpart of the Greek record; identities and accounts remain distinct.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface; Hesiod, Theogony 453–458, 912–939 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.346-571 (primary)