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Plutus

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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]
See : Wealth
Plutus 

the god of wealth in Greek mythology. Plutus was sometimes depicted as a blind old man bestowing wealth on people regardless of their moral qualities (as in Aristophanes’ comedy Plutus, 388 B.C.). He was also depicted as a boy holding a horn of plenty and being held in the arms of the goddess of peace, Eirene(as in astatuebyCephisodotus, fourth century B.C.)
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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.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
"I am conducting you to the abode of the god Plutus," said D'Artagnan to the young man; "prepare yourself.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
He sacrifices not to Ceres and the Terrestrial Jove, but to the infernal Plutus rather.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
 
 
 
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