FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Pluto
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Plutus
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Plate
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Santa
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Detailed explanation-1: -Virgil and Dante continue down toward the Fourth Circle of Hell and come upon the demon Plutus.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Fourth Circle is guarded by a figure Dante names as Pluto: this is Plutus, the deity of wealth in classical mythology. Although the two are often conflated, he is a distinct figure from Pluto (Dis), the classical ruler of the underworld.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fourth Circle: Those whose concern for material goods deviated from the desired mean are punished in this circle. They include the avaricious or miserly, who hoarded possessions, and the prodigal, who squandered them.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dante’s Plutus, guardian-symbol of the fourth circle (avarice and prodigality), is–like other infernal creatures–a unique hybrid of sources and natures. Often portrayed as the mythological god of the classical underworld (Hades), Plutus also appears in some cases as the god of wealth.
Detailed explanation-5: -Plutus was an enormous and demonic golden statue found in the Circle of Greed in Dante’s Inferno. The statue was part of a puzzle that Dante must solve in order to progress through this area.