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Works of Aristophanes: Plutus (388 B.C.)
From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Aristophanes
Aristophanes
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Plutus (388 B.C.)
Background:
Plutus concerns the establishment of a Utopian community after the god
Plutus (Wealth) regains his sight. The play was put on four years after The
Ecclesiazusae. It is Aristophanes' latest and least humorous play of the
eleven we have.
Characters:
Chremylus
Cario Chremylus' servant.
Plutus God of Wealth.
Blepsidemus Chremylus' friend.
Poverty
Chremylus' Wife
A Just Man
An Informer
An Old Woman
A Youth
Hermes Messenger of the gods.
A Priest Of Zeus
Chorus Of Farmers
Prologue:
Cario complains that his master follows a blind man and ...
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