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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Plu’to.
 
The grave, or the god of that region where the dead go to before they are admitted into Elysium or sent to Tar’taros.   1
        “Brothers, be of good cheer, this night we shall sup with Pluto.”—Leonidas to the three hundred Spartans before the battle of Thermopylœ.
       
“Give the untasted portion you have won …
To those who mock you, gone to Pluto’s reign.”
       
Thomson: Castle of Indolence, canto 1.
 


 Plush (John).Pluto. 

 
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