Bibliograph

The Plutus of Aristophanes, with notes in Greek, based on the scholia

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The Plutus of Aristophanes, with notes in Greek, based on the scholia

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Plutus of Aristophanes

Medium

electronic resourceAristophanes.

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

with notes in Greek, based on the scholia

Summary

Chremylus, a poor but just man, accompanied by his servant Cario consults the Delphic Oracle concerning his son, whether he ought not to be instructed in injustice and knavery and the other arts whereby worldly men acquire riches. By way of answer the god only tells him that he is to follow whomsoever he first meets upon leaving the temple, who proves to be a blind and ragged old man. But this turns out to be no other than Plutus himself, the god of riches, whom Zeus has robbed of his eyesight, so that he may be unable henceforth to distinguish between the just and the unjust

Target audience

adult

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