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The actual Greek name of the god of the underworld was Plutoun. This was Latinized by the Romans to Pluto. You see, the god of the underworld had two roles; lord over all the riches held in the earth, and lord of the dead. As Lord of the dead, he was known as Hades, because that was the name of the underworld. In Rome in this role, he was called Orcus. As lord of the riches, he was Plutoun, or in Latin, Dis Pater. By habit, he was generally called just Hades by the Greeks, and eventually, just Pluto by the Romans.

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I don't know if this answers your question but Hades was the greek god of the underworld. He was one of the three main gods, Zeus (Knig of all Gods and the sky), Poseidon (God of the Sea and Horses), and Hades (God of Death and The Underworld).

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