But there are not wanting in the inscriptions references to Tartarus and the Elysian fields, to Pluto and Proserpine, to orcus who has snatched away some one in his bloom.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Some traces of orcus may be found in Zeus Hircius, and Orcius, mentioned by Pausanias.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
But though her voice sounded firm, she herself was not cool and insensible as orcus-which this place, which was filled with the fumes of incense and weighed upon his senses, much resembled-for he had felt her fingers tremble under his, and when he went up to her, to help her, her heart beat no less violently and rapidly than his own.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers