The Clouds (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aristophanes
- First Published: 423
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: Fifth century
- Setting: Athens
- Principal Characters: Strepsiades, Pheidippides, Socrates
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Schools or school life, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Debtors or creditors, Peloponnesian War, Clouds
- Locales: Athens, Greece, Greece, ancient
The Story:
Strepsiades, a rich gentleman of Athens, was plunged into poverty and debt by his profligate son, Pheidippides. Hounded by his son’s creditors, Strepsiades pondered ways to prevent complete ruin. Hearing reports that the Sophists taught a new logic which could be used to confuse one’s creditors and so get one out of debt, Strepsiades saw in the Sophist teachings a possible solution to his problem. He pleaded with Pheidippides to enter the school of the Sophists and learn the new doctrines. When Pheidippides, more interested in horse racing than in learning,...
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