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Plutus blind god of Wealth. [Gk. Lit.: Plutus] See : Blindness Plutus god of wealth: blind (indiscriminate); lame (slow to accumulate); and winged (quick to disappear). [Gk. Lit.: Plutus]
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The poets feign, that when Plutus (which is Riches) is sent from Jupiter, he limps and goes slowly; but when he is sent from Pluto, he runs, and is swift of foot. "I am conducting you to the abode of the god Plutus," said D'Artagnan to the young man; "prepare yourself. He sacrifices not to Ceres and the Terrestrial Jove, but to the infernal Plutus rather. |
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