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The Clouds

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. It was…

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Characters
Strepsiades an elderly farmer · Pheidippides his son · Slave · Two Students at The Thinkery · Socrates the philosopher
Chorus
Clouds (goddesses)
Setting
1. House of Strepsiades 2. The Thinkery (Socrates's school)
Written by
Aristophanes

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Portrayal of Socrates

The Clouds and Old Comedy

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The Clouds

Nodes78
Edges77
Triples134
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025641
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The Clouds

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related to background · 30
The Clouds → Abdera, Anaxagoras, Aristophanes, Around, Athenian, Athenians, Athens, Attica, Battle, BC, Cleon, Cos, Delium, Democritus, Freed, Hippocrates, Ionian, New, Old, Peloponnesian War
related to Portrayal of Socrates · 21
The Clouds → Alcibiades, Aristophanes, Athens, BC, Chorus, Cleon, However, Lysistrata, Moreover, Peloponnesian War, Phaedo, Plato, Plato's, Plato's Socrates, Socrates, Socratic, Sparta, The, The Aristophanic Socrates, There
related to The Clouds and Old Comedy · 17
The Clouds → Aristophanic Chorus, As, BC, Chorus, City Dionysia, Cleon, During, Eupolis, Hyperbolus, In The Clouds, Inferior, Maricas, Old Comedy, References, Since Cleon, Superior, The
Characters · 13
The Clouds → Chaerephon the philosopher, First Creditor, Inferior Argument (Wrong), Pheidippides his son, Second Creditor, Slave, Slaves to Strepsiades, Socrates the philosopher, Strepsiades an elderly farmer, Students at the Thinkery, Superior Argument (Right), Two Students at The Thinkery, Witness brought by First Creditor
related to Plot · 13
The Clouds → Clouds, Greece, Impressed, Introduced, Pheidippides, Socrates, Strepsiades, Sun, The, The Thinkery, There, They, Thinkery
related to External links · 11
The Clouds → Aristophanes Clouds EssayOn Satire, Aristophanes's The Clouds, Ian JohnstonThe Clouds, Includes, LibriVox, Project GutenbergThe Clouds, Study GuideJohn Curtis Franklin, Wikisource, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, William James Hickie, Works
related to Characters · 6
The Clouds → CreditorSecond CreditorWitnessXanthias, LeaderSlaveStudentsFirst StudentWrong ArgumentRight ArgumentFirst, Socrates, SocratesThe Clouds, The ThinkeryPheidippides, The ThinkeryStrepsiades
Chorus · 1
The Clouds → Clouds (goddesses)
Setting · 1
The Clouds → 1. House of Strepsiades 2. The Thinkery (Socrates's school)
Written by · 1
The Clouds → Aristophanes

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clouds socrates strepsiades play aristophanes thinkery comedy inferior old chorus first however pheidippides cleon audience son superior athens plays text

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The CloudsCharactersStrepsiades an elderly farmer1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersPheidippides his son1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersSlave1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersTwo Students at The Thinkery1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersSocrates the philosopher1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersSuperior Argument (Right)1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersInferior Argument (Wrong)1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersFirst Creditor1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersSecond Creditor1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersChaerephon the philosopher1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersWitness brought by First Creditor1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersStudents at the Thinkery1.00infobox
The CloudsCharactersSlaves to Strepsiades1.00infobox
The CloudsChorusClouds (goddesses)1.00infobox
The CloudsSetting1. House of Strepsiades 2. The Thinkery (Socrates's school)1.00infobox
The CloudsWritten byAristophanes1.00infobox

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