Ploutos

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Ploutos is the Greek personification of wealth and agricultural abundance, often associated with prosperity granted through the earth’s fertility.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mammon 3
Ploutos canonical 2
Ploutos (in some traditions) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek deity ⓘ
deity of wealth ⓘ
personification ⓘ
associatedConcept agricultural prosperity ⓘ
fertility of the soil ⓘ
material wealth ⓘ
associatedWith Demeter ⓘ
Eirene ⓘ
Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
Triptolemos ⓘ
linked to: Triptolemus

earth’s fertility ⓘ
category Agricultural deities in Greek mythology ⓘ
Greek gods of prosperity ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
depictedOn Attic vase paintings ⓘ
Greek reliefs ⓘ
domain agricultural abundance ⓘ
prosperity ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
etymology name derived from Greek word for "wealth" ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
greekName Πλοῦτος ⓘ
iconography often depicted as a child ⓘ
often shown in the arms of Tyche ⓘ
often shown with Demeter ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedIn Aristophanes’ play "Plutus" ⓘ
Hesiod’s Theogony ⓘ
linked to: Hesiod's Theogony

Homeric Hymns ⓘ
mythologicalEra Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
parent Demeter ⓘ
Iasion ⓘ
relationship companion of Eirene in some art ⓘ
roleInMyth bringer of wealth to mortals ⓘ
rewarder of agricultural labor ⓘ
romanEquivalent Plutus ⓘ
symbol bag of coins ⓘ
child with a horn of plenty ⓘ
cornucopia ⓘ
sheaves of grain ⓘ
worshipType chthonic association ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Demeter → motherOf → Ploutos ⓘ
Samothrace (through Iasion traditions) → associatedWithOffspring → Ploutos (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to: Ploutos
Jedermann → character → Mammon ⓘ
linked to: Ploutos
The Worship of Mammon → depicts → Mammon ⓘ
linked to: Ploutos
Good Works → contrastsWith → Mammon ⓘ
linked to: Ploutos
Plutus → featuresCharacter → Plutus (god of wealth) ⓘ
subject linked to: Aristophanes’ play "Plutus"
linked to: Ploutos
Children of Demeter → includes → Ploutos ⓘ
Δήμητρα → parentOf → Πλούτος ⓘ
linked to: Ploutos