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Again you will have to go back and dwell in the dark places under the earth and sit upon Aidoneus’s throne.

Even if Persephone be not restored, Whether Aidoneus hold her or release, Relent thou.—Stay thine anger, mighty goddess; Nor with thy hateful famine slay mankind.

Aidoneus agreed, and Theseus, when set free, returned to Athens, where he found that his party was not yet overpowered.

His name was Pluto, or Aidoneus, and his country was called the Lower World, or the Land of Shadows, or Hades.

And Aidoneus, ruler over the dead, smiled grimly and obeyed the behest of Zeus the king.