This is an English translation of Aristophanes' famous comedy, Clouds, noted for its critique of philosophy, society and education.
An Ancient Debate Mary P. Nichols. Strepsiades ' Problem The Clouds begins with Strepsiades ' scream of lament ( 1 ) .3 Strep- siades is distressed because he cannot pay the debts which his son has incurred through horse racing . The ...
After this, when this son was born to us, to me, forsooth, and to my excellent wife, we squabbled then about the name: for she was for adding hippos to the name, Xanthippus, or Charippus, or Callipides; but I was for giving him the name of ...
This new translation attempts to inform the general as well as the more specialized reader of what Aristophanes put on stage in 423 B.C. It remains more or less faithful to the original Greek, avoiding radical changes that would make the ...
In "The Clouds," Aristophanes crafts a sharp and satirical comedy that critiques the intellectual trends of 5th-century Athens, particularly the rise of sophistry and the emerging new philosophies.
... Strepsiades . STREPSIADES : Who is this ? PASIAS : ... for the old day and the new . STREPSIADES : I call you to witness , that he has named two days . What do you want of me ? PASIAS : I claim of you the twelve minae , which you ...
... Strepsiades actually taught when he enrolls as a stu- dent at the phrontistērion ? After observing the intellectual activities being undertaken at the school , the first thing Strepsiades is taught by Socrates is knowledge of divine ...
... Strepsiades was thus led to think that he possessed a protection superior to that afforded by the helmet of Hades . Above all , Socrates ' own arrogant deportment toward the ephemerals must have filled Strepsiades with utter contempt ...
... STREPSIADES : What for ? SOCRATES : 695 You need to concentrate on personal matters . STREPSIADES : No , I'm begging you ! Don't make me lie down there . I can just as easily do my personal concentrating on the bare earth ! SOCRATES ...
... Strepsiades , Euben writes : " Socrates seems to be everything that Strepsiades is not . Where the latter is all body , Socrates is all mind ; while Strepsiades has no lofty thoughts , Socrates seems to have nothing but ; where he seems ...