Hades and Cerberus, his three-headed dog, in the museum of Archeology in Crete.
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Pluto
Pluto was the god of the underworld. One day, while he was riding through the field of battle, the goddess
Venus had her companion, Cupid, playfully shoot an arrow into the heart of Pluto.
Struck by Cupid's arrow, Pluto fell in love with the first young lady he saw, who happened to be Persephone. Pluto promptly carried her off into the underworld to be his bride.
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