Plutus
Plutus is the god of wealth. He is sometimes named as the son of Tyche, but usually, he is the son of Demeter and Iasion.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 388 BCE
- Attested period
- -388 – 2020
- Historical notes
- First attested in Aristophanes’ 388 BC play.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Iasion, Parias, Zeus, Nemesis, Prometheus, Oceanus, Agathos Daimon, Tethys, Demeter
- sibling of
- Philomelus
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“She is sometimes named as the mother of Plutus, the god of wealth; usually, however, he is the son of Demeter and Iasion.”
#10617 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Plutus was very wealthy, but would share none of his riches to his brother.”
#44906 · extracted by google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free
“Plutus (Ancient Greek: Πλοῦτος, Ploutos, "Wealth") is an Ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Aristophanes, which was first produced in 388 BC. A political satire on contemporary Athens, it features the personified god of wealth Plutus.”
#45177 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free
“Plutus is most commonly the son of Demeter and Iasion, with whom she lay in a thrice-ploughed field. He is alternatively the son of the fortune goddess Tyche.”
#46204 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free