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Pluto Plutocrat Pluton Plutonium Plutus
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ 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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