Plutus (play)

[1] A political satire on contemporary Athens, it features the personified god of wealth Plutus.

The play begins as he returns to Athens from Delphi, having been instructed by Apollo to follow the first man he meets and persuade him to come home with him.

After much argument, Plutus is convinced to enter Chremylos's house, where he will have his vision restored, meaning that "wealth" will now go only to those who deserve it in one way or another.

After Plutus's eyesight is restored at the Temple of Asclepius, he formally becomes a member of Chremylos's household.

Hermes, worried about his own predicament, actually offers to work for the mortals and enters Chremylos's house as a servant on those conditions.