Pluto (mythology) The route from Persephone's meadow to Hades crosses the sea. The hymn concludes: "You alone were born to judge deeds obscure and conspicuous.<br>Holiest and illustrious ruler of all, frenzied god,<br>You delight in the worshiper's respect and reverence.<br>Come with favor and joy to the initiates. I summon you. The hymn is one of several examples of Greco-Roman prayer that express a desire for the presence of a deity, and has been compared to a similar epiclesis in the "Acts of Thomas". The names of both Hades and Pluto appear also in the Greek Magical Papyri and curse tablets, with Hades typically
Pluto (mythology) the classical underworld with Hell, and its denizens as demons or devils. In the Renaissance, the bident became a conventional attribute of Pluto. In an influential ceiling mural depicting the wedding of Cupid and Psyche, painted by Raphael's workshop for the Villa Farnesina in 1517, Pluto is shown holding the bident, with Cerberus at his side, while Neptune holds the trident. Perhaps influenced by this work, Agostino Carracci originally depicted Pluto with a bident in a preparatory drawing for his painting "Pluto" (1592), in which the god ended up holding his characteristic key. In Caravaggio's "Giove, Nettuno e Plutone" (ca.