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The Clouds ( Ancient Greek: Νεφέλαι, Nephelai) is a Greek comedy play written by the playwright Aristophanes. A lampooning of intellectual fashions in classical Athens, it was originally produced at the City Dionysia in 423 BC and was not as well received as the author had hoped, coming last of the three plays competing at the festival that year.
Oh! most mighty king, the boundless air, that keepest the earth suspended in space, thou bright Aether and ye venerable goddesses, the Clouds, who carry in your loins the thunder and the lightning, arise, ye sovereign powers and manifest yourselves in the celestial spheres to the eyes of your sage.
The Clouds is a comedic play written by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was first performed in 423 BCE and satirizes the intellectual fashions of the time, particularly the philosophical ideas of Socrates.
The Clouds by Aristophanes. First produced at the City Dionysia of 423 BC, The Clouds is, arguably, Aristophanes’ best-known comedy – though for all the wrong reasons. A critical assessment of sophistry in Ancient Athens, the play satirizes and lampoons the city’s greatest philosopher, Socrates, and may have contributed to his trial and ...
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The Chorus of Clouds intimates that Strepsiades's forcible education of Pheidippides will be his own undoing before turning to the audience, wheedling, bribing, and even threatening them for their approval of the play. Strepsiades's day in court draws near and he goes to pick Pheidippides up at the school.
Aug 17, 2018 · The Clouds is a comedy written c. 423 BCE by the Greek playwright Aristophanes (c. 448 BCE – c. 385 BCE). A failure at the Dionysia competition, finishing third out of three, it was revised later in 418 BCE but never produced in the author's lifetime.
Nephelai. Clouds, comedy by Aristophanes, produced in 423 bce. The play attacks “modern” education and morals as imparted and taught by the radical intellectuals known as the Sophists.
