1000 Classical Characters Briefly Described

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Plutus

The god of riches, the son of Jason, or Jasius, and Ceres.

Pluvius (The Sender of Rain). A surname of Jupiter among the Romans, to whom sacrifices were offered during long-protracted droughts. woda gajed Polias (The Goddess Protecting the City). A surname of Athena at Athens, where she was worshipped as the protecting divinity of the Acropolis.

Pollio, C. Asinius. A Roman consul in the reign of Augustus who distinguished himself equally by his eloquence and exploits in war.

He wrote a history and some tragedies, and died in his eightieth year, A. D. 4.

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