Plutus

or; Wealth

From The Eleven Comedies

In Two Volumes

The Athenian Society.

Now For The First Time Literally And Completely Translated From The Greek Tongue Into English

With Translator's Foreword, an Introduction to Each Comedy, and Elucidatory Notes

Written circa 408 BC

A political satire on contemporary Athens, it features the personified god of wealth Plutus. Reflecting the development of Old Comedy towards New Comedy, it uses such familiar character types as the stupid master and the insubordinate slave to attack the morals of the time.

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