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Pluto (Dis)

Pluto (Dis), a god of the Roman world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Tradition: roman

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
identified as HadesRoman religion, from the 3rd c. BCEDis Pater, later Pluto, was the Roman Hades.
identified as TaranisBerne scholia on Lucan 1.446, late antiquityThe other scholiast tradition makes Taranis Dis Pater, the father Caesar says the Gauls claim descent from.

Sources

  1. Interpretatio graeca (Wikipedia)
  2. Taranis (Wikipedia)
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