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Dis Pater
Dis Pater
was a
Roman god
of the
underworld
, later subsumed by
Pluto
or
Hades
(Hades was Greek). Originally a
chthonic
god of riches,
fertile
agricultural land, and underground
mineral
wealth, he was later commonly equated with the Roman deities
Pluto
and
Orcus
, becoming an
underworld deity
.
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