Editing Pluto (mythology) (section)

=== In Eleusinian scenes ===
Kevin Clinton attempted to distinguish the iconography of Hades, Plouton, Ploutos, and the Eleusinian ''Theos'' in 5th-century [[Pottery of ancient Greece|vase painting]] that depicts scenes from or relating to the mysteries. In Clinton's schema, Plouton is a mature man, sometimes even white-haired; Hades is also usually bearded and mature, but his darkness is emphasized in literary descriptions, represented in art by dark hair. Plouton's most common attribute is a [[sceptre]], but he also often holds a full or overflowing cornucopia; Hades sometimes holds a horn, but it is depicted with no contents and should be understood as a [[drinking horn]]. Unlike Plouton, Hades never holds agrarian attributes such as stalks of grain. His chest is usually bare or only partly covered, whereas Plouton is fully robed (exceptions, however, are admitted by the author). Plouton stands, often in the company of both Demeter and Kore, or sometimes one of the goddesses, but Hades almost always sits or reclines, usually with Persephone facing him.<ref>Kevin Clinton, ''Myth and Cult: The Iconography of the Eleusinian Mysteries'' (Stockholm, 1992), pp. 105. As Clinton notes (p. 107), the ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae]]'' does not distinguish between Hades and Plouton, and combines evidence for either in a single entry. The only vase to label the Eleusinian ''Theos'' with an inscription is a red-figured footed ''[[dinos]]'' in the collections of the [[J. Paul Getty Museum]], attributed to the [[Syleus Painter]]. The main scene is the departure of [[Triptolemos]], with Demeter on the left and Persephone as ''Pherephata'' ([Φε]ρ[ε]φάτα) on the right. ''Theos'' wears a [[himation]] over a spangled tunic with decorated hem (Clinton, p. 106).</ref> "Confusion and disagreement" about the interpretation of these images remain.<ref>Catherine M. Keesling, "Endoios's Painting from the Themistoklean Wall: A Reconstruction," ''Hesperia'' 68.4 (1999), p. 544, note 160.</ref>