Plutos name in greek came from the god of the underworld "Hades". the planet received this name because it is so far away from the sun that it is perpetual darkness and perhaps because "PL" are the initials of Percival Lowell
He is the king of the Underworld. Pluto is the name used by the Romans. His Greek name was Hades.
Hades, Greek lord of the underworld, was represented as Pluto by the Romans.
Because he was the youngest of his brothers and smallest
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Hades is also known as 'The Unseen One'. His Roman name is Pluto.
Hades is Hades' real name. He is also known as 'The Unseen One', and to the Romans he is Pluto.
The Roman name of Hades was Pluto, which in Greek Myth refers to wealth, thus the Romans worshiped Pluto as a god of wealth below (gold) and above (the arrival of spring, Persephone/ Proserpina).
The Romans named their days of the week after their gods and celestial bodies visible to the naked eye. Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were not discovered until modern times with the aid of telescopes, so they were not known in Roman times.
The Romans adopted the the Greek gods as their own, giving them new names. Pluto's Greek name is Hades. Roman astronomers later gave the planets the names of their gods and goddesses.
Carl.......Just kidding its PLUTO
Pluto is a Roman god, not Greek. Pluto to the Romans was King of the Underworld and so ruled it, and was god of wealth found underground.