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Plutos

Plutos, a minor Greek god of riches, was a son of Demeter who was abandoned in childhood and reared by Eirene, the goddess of peace. Zeus blinded Plutos because of his discriminatory favoritism toward the righteous. A.G.H.

Source:

Jordan, Michael, Encyclopedia of Gods, New York, Facts On File, Inc. 1993, p. 206