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 4

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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 (personification of wealth) ⓘ
linked to: Plutus

Poverty (Penia) ⓘ
linked to: Poverty
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 Πλοῦτος ⓘ
linked to: Fortune

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Referenced by (4)

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

Aristophanes → notableWork → Plutus ⓘ
Iasion → parentOf → Plutus ⓘ
Iasion → associatedWith → Plutus ⓘ
Cario → appearsIn → Plutus ⓘ