How is it possible for honest and hardworking people to live in poverty, while fraudsters, liars, and tricksters enjoy all the goods? Chremylus stops wondering when he meets the god Plutus himself and discovers that he is blind. If his plan succeeds, this eternal injustice will cease, and those who truly deserve it will finally be rewarded for their efforts. Aristophanes harshly critiques the lifestyle standards of his time, but ultimately of every era, leaving a crucial question unanswered in a corner of our minds: does poverty only give birth to difficulties?