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Plouto

deity earth Greek single tradition · 2

Plouto is an Oceanid whose name means "Wealth". The Oceanids have "youths in their keeping", and their names represent things which parents might hope to be bestowed upon their children.

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When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 200
Historical notes
Attested in Hesiod's Theogony (8th century BCE) and other ancient sources.

Relationships

co occurs with
Ephyra, Oceanid, Nereids, Metis, Tyche, Rhodos, Europa, Asia, Idyia, Amechania, Penia, Ptocheia, Euthenia

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Oceanids
  2. Ptocheia

Source passages

“Some names, consistent with the Oceanids' charge of having "youths in their keeping", represent things which parents might hope to be bestowed upon their children: Plouto ("Wealth")”

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