Plutus

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Plutus is a comedic play by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes that satirizes wealth, poverty, and social justice in Athens.

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Plutus canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek comedy
play
author Aristophanes
countryOfOrigin Classical Athens
criticizes moral corruption caused by wealth
unjust distribution of wealth
dramaticType didactic comedy
englishTitle Wealth
explores relationship between poverty and morality
relationship between wealth and virtue
featuresCharacter Cario
Chremylus
Plutus
surface form: Plutus (personification of wealth)

Poverty
surface form: Poverty (Penia)
form verse drama
genre Old Comedy
hasChorus chorus of farmers or common people
hasLiteraryDevice allegory
comic irony
parabasis
personification
influenced later discussions of wealth and justice in literature
intendedAudience Athenian theatergoers
literaryForm satire
literaryPeriod Classical Greek literature
mainTheme economic inequality
poverty
social justice
wealth
originalLanguage Ancient Greek
parodies Athenian social conditions
distribution of wealth
partOf corpus of Aristophanic comedies
performanceContext Athenian dramatic festivals
setting Athens
structure choral odes
episodes
exodos
parodos
prologue
survivesAs complete play by Aristophanes
timeOfComposition late 5th or early 4th century BCE
titleInGreek Fortune
surface form: Πλοῦτος

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Aristophanes notableWork Plutus
Iasion parentOf Plutus
Iasion associatedWith Plutus