Pluto (mythology) abundance or riches, Pluto expresses the aspect of the underworld god that was positive, symbolized in art by the "horn of plenty" (cornucopia), by means of which "Plouton" is distinguished from the gloomier Hades. The Roman poet Ennius ("ca." 239–169 BC), the leading figure in the Hellenization of Latin literature, considered Pluto a Greek god to be explained in terms of the Roman equivalents Dis Pater and Orcus. It is unclear whether Pluto had a literary presence in Rome before Ennius. Some scholars think that rituals and beliefs pertaining to Pluto entered Roman culture with the establishment of the Saecular
Pluto (mythology) described Pluto as a folkloric supernatural being, "the elrich incubus / in cloke of grene" ("the eldritch incubus in cloak of green"), who appears among the courtiers of Cupid. The name "Pluto" for the classical ruler of the underworld was further established in English literature by Arthur Golding, whose translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses" (1565) was of great influence on William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser. Golding translates Ovid's "Dis" as Pluto, a practice that prevails among English translators, despite John Milton's use of the Latin "Dis" in "Paradise Lost". The Christian perception of the classical underworld as Hell influenced