Plutus (play)

Plutus
Written byAristophanes
ChorusRustics
Characters
Mutemutual
Date premiered388 BC (388 BC)
Original languageAncient Greek
Genre
SettingClassical Athens

Plutus (Ancient Greek: Πλοῦτος, Ploutos, "Wealth") is an Ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Aristophanes, which was first produced in 388 BC.[1] 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.

  1. ^ See the introductory notes by David Barrett and Alan H. Sommerstein in their 1978 Penguin Classics edition for more, especially on the date of production. There was an earlier play by the same title that Aristophanes produced in 408 BC. The two plays are distinct, though it is sometimes mistakenly suggested that the play from 388 BC is a revised version of the earlier play.