god
Dis (Pluto)
Dis
King of the dead, also called Pluto; Orpheus enters his high gates at Taenarus to win back Eurydice.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §4.703 Dis
Pluto (Dis), lord of the dead, to whom Iris bears Dido's lock as she dies.
- The Aeneid §6.127 black Dis
Pluto, king of the underworld; his door stands open night and day.
- The Aeneid §8.667 Dis
Dis, god of the underworld; the shield shows the 'high gates of Dis' and the punishment of the wicked.
- The Aeneid §9.104 Stygian brother
Pluto/Dis, Jove's brother of the underworld; Jove swears the binding oath by his Stygian streams.
- The Aeneid §10.114 Stygian brother
Pluto/Dis; Jupiter seals his impartial decree by the oath of the Styx.
- The Aeneid §12.199 Dis
God of the underworld, by whose shrines Latinus swears.
- The Georgics §4.467 Dis
King of the dead, Pluto, whose 'high gates' Orpheus passes.