~ PLUTO      HADES TARTARUS or PLUTON <see> next         kw
^            myth> SON OF CHRONOS & RHEA AND
                   BROTHER OF ZEUS or JUPITER
             RULER OF THE UNDERWORLD or HADES           <see
             HUSBAND OF PROSERPINE or PERSEPHONE        <see
             in gr HADES and called by the Romans ORCUS <sug
             biol> mamm in sp ORCA = KILLER WHALE
                   PLUTONOTHRIPS etc imply KILLING
             art> REPRESENTED AS A SERIOUS OLD MAN
                  HOLDING A TWO PRONG FORK
             astr> A FARTHEST AND LAST TO BE DISCOVERED
                   EARTH PLANET   THIS SMALL BODY WAS
             DISCOVERED IN 1930  IT REVOLVES AROUND THE SUN
             ONLY ONCE EVERY 248 YEARS
~ PLUTOCRAT  or PLUTOCRACY or GOVERNMENT BY THE RICH
             gr PLOUTOS = WEALTH
~ PLUTON     id+ THE RICH MAN was the RITUAL TITLE OF HADES   <see
             also ADES or AIDES   notable similarity to AIDOS <see
             also AIDONEUS and Roman PLUTUS  <see> next
             also ZEUS WAS SOMETIMES CALLED PLUTO
             id+ in gr KING OF HELL or HADES
             lit+ EURIPIDES WAS THE FIRST TO USE PLUTON
                  AS THE PERSONIFICATION OF HADES
             also the name of a NYMPH or OCEANID
             SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF OCEANUS & TETHYS AND
             A PLAYMATE OF PERSEPHONE
             ZEUS LOVED HER AND THEY HAD TANTALUS
~ PLUTONIUM  sc> RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT DERIVED FROM BOMBARDING
                 URANIUM WITH NEUTRONS  its symbol is Pu or PU
             its ATOMIC WEIGHT is 239 and its ATOMIC NUMBER is 94
~ PLUTUS     merged with the Roman DEITY DIS PATER
             PLUTON or DIS PATER were originally  sug> DISPATCH
  A GOD OF THE FIELDS from which ALL WEALTH AROSE
  PLUTUS as the GOD OF THE GROUND became the personification of
  MATERIAL WEALTH
  note link with gr PLEOS = PLENTY              sug> PLEAD PLEASE
  also note that PLUTUS was merged with the Roman deity ORCUS who
  ESCORTED THE DEAD TO THE LOWER WORLD
  myth> HE WAS THE SON OF IASION & DEMETER AND RULER OF HADES
  lit+ HESIOD presents PLUTUS in his Theogony as a
       YOUNG BOY BEARING A HORN OF PLENTY        sug> CORNUCOPIA
  lit+ in a play ARISTOPHANES [#] makes the point that
       PLUTUS WAS BLINDED BY ZEUS TO INSURE THAT
  WEALTH WAS DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT JUDGMENT OF MERIT
  ply> | PERHAPS PLUTUS GIVES WEALTH BLINDLY
         BECAUSE WEALTH CAN BLIND THE PATH TO HELL |
  art> PLUTON IS OFTEN SHOWN AS A CHILD ON THE ARM OF
       TYCHE or EIRENE                           <sug

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