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PLUTUS  , in

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

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