Dīs Pater Dīs Pater Dīs Pater (pronounced ) was a Roman god of the underworld. Dis was originally associated with fertile agricultural land and mineral wealth, and since those minerals came from underground, he was later equated with the chthonic deities Pluto (Hades) and Orcus. "Dīs Pater" was commonly shortened to simply Dīs and this name has since become an alternative name for the underworld or a part of the underworld, such as the City of Dis of Dante's "The Divine Comedy", which comprises Lower Hell. It is often thought that Dīs Pater was also a Celtic god. This confusion arises from
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof κακία αὐτῆς ("arketon tē hēmera hē kakia autes"); alternative translations include: It is also similar to the Epicurean advice of writers such as Anacreon and Horace — (avoid asking what the future will bring) — However, Jesus's sermon has sometimes been interpreted to mean that God knows everyone's needs. Dr Thomas Sheridan wrote an eloquent sermon upon this text on the occasion of the death of Queen Anne. He absent-mindedly reused it for the anniversary of the accession of King George I and was, on this account, suspected of being a Jacobite and lost his chaplaincy. Sufficient unto the day