God of wealth among the Greeks

Plutus is the god of wealth among the Greeks. It is believed that initially he, together with Pluto, represented one deity who was the patron of the harvest of cereals. Plutos is considered the son of the goddess Demeter and the titan of Iason, who conceived it on a thrice plowed field. The birthplace of this deity is the island of Crete. According to different historical information, the year of birth is in the range from 969 to 974 years. Zeus, in love with Demeter, after learning about the birth of Plutos, killed his father, so the goddess of the world of Eyrin and lucky case - Tycho - were engaged in the education of the god of wealth. He is portrayed most often as an infant with a cornucopia, which is a symbol of fertility and wealth.

What is known about the God of wealth and abundance?

Plutos is often associated with Demeter and Persephone. It is believed that anyone who received the love of these goddesses fell under the patronage of Plutus, who gave various blessings. Such a union of cults led to the fact that Plutos was identified with Pluto or Hades , because they had huge underground goods.

Jupiter was afraid that the Greek god of wealth could unfairly distribute gifts, so he made him blind as a child. That is why Plutos could not know to whom he gives wealth to good or bad people.

In classical antiquity, Plutos was perceived as a symbol of wealth. To him Aristophanes dedicated his comedy "Plutos". There he is represented as a blind old man who does not know how to distribute goods fairly. On his way he meets the poor farmer Hremila. He took Plutus to the temple of Asclepius, where the god of wealth in Greek mythology was healed of blindness and since then his main task in life is to take away the blessings of the rich and give them to the poor. This state of affairs eventually led to a rather comic situation, when no one wanted to work, because they already lived richly. As a result, the gods, to whom people ceased to bring gifts, became poor and worked for the wealthy landowner Hremil, who helped Plutos to see clearly. His comedy Aristophanes wanted to ridicule the views of the ancient Greeks about wealth. By the way, in Dante's famous work "Divine Comedy" Plutos is an animal-like demon that guards the entrance to the fourth circle of Hell. Its main task is to punish stingy and wasteful people.

In Thebes there is a statue of Fortune, which has the god of abundance and wealth in its hands, and in Athens, in its hands holds the goddess of peace.