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