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PLUTUS , in See also:Greek See also:mythology, son of Iasion and See also:Demeter, the personification of See also:wealth (irXovros) . According to See also:Aristophanes, he was blinded by See also:Zeus because he distributed his gifts without regard to merit . At See also:Thebes there was a statue of For-tune holding the See also:child Plutus in her arms; at See also:Athens he was similarly represented in the arms of See also:Peace; at See also:Thespiae he was represented See also:standing beside See also:Athena the Worker . Elsewhere he was represented as a boy with a See also:cornu copiae . He is the subject of one of the extant comedies of Aristophanes, the Plutus . |
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