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{{short description|Comedy by Aristophanes}} {{Infobox play | name = Plutus | image = | alt = | caption = | writer = [[Aristophanes]] | chorus = Rustics | characters = {{unbulleted list|Chremylos|Cario(n)|[[Plutus]]|[[Penia]]|[[Hermes]]}} | mute = mutual | setting = [[Classical Athens]] | premiere = [[388 BC]] | orig_lang = [[Ancient Greek]] | genre = {{unbulleted list|[[Ancient Greek comedy]]|[[Political satire]]}} }} '''''Plutus''''' ({{langx|grc|Πλοῦτος}}, ''Ploutos'', "Wealth") is an [[Ancient Greek comedy]] by the playwright [[Aristophanes]], which was first produced in 388 BC.<ref>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.</ref> A [[political satire]] on contemporary Athens, it features the personified god of wealth [[Plutus]]. Reflecting the [[Ancient Greek comedy#Middle Comedy|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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