Outlines of ancient and modern history, on a new plan . Oeeanus* Triton. Fates. Cupid. Graces. GREECE. 185 Proteus, fhe son of Oceanus, a god of the sea, could foretell futureevents, and change himself into any shape. The infernal deities were Pluto and his consort Proserpine,Plutus, Charon, the Furies, Fates, and the three judges, Mi-nos, vEacus, and Rhadamanthus. § Pluto, who exercised dominion over hell, was the brother of Ju-piter. The goddesses all refusing to marry him on account of his de-formity and gloomy disposition, he seized Proserpine, the daughterof Ceres, in Sicily, opened a pas
Outlines of ancient and modern history, on a new plan . Oeeanus* Triton. Fates. Cupid. Graces. GREECE. 185 Proteus, fhe son of Oceanus, a god of the sea, could foretell futureevents, and change himself into any shape. The infernal deities were Pluto and his consort Proserpine,Plutus, Charon, the Furies, Fates, and the three judges, Mi-nos, vEacus, and Rhadamanthus. § Pluto, who exercised dominion over hell, was the brother of Ju-piter. The goddesses all refusing to marry him on account of his de-formity and gloomy disposition, he seized Proserpine, the daughterof Ceres, in Sicily, opened a passage through the earth, carried hei tohis residence, married, and made her queen of hell. No te^nples wr3reraised to his honour. He is represented seated on a throne of sulphur, from beneathwhich flow the rivers Lethe, Phlegethon, Cocytus, and Acheron. Hiscountenance is stern; on his head is a radiated crown j in one hand asceptre with two teeth, called a bident, and in the other, two keys. Plutus, an infernal deity, was the god of riches. He was lame, blind,injudici
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