Aristophanes' play Clouds

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ancient Greek comedy play satirical play

Aristophanes' play "Clouds" is an ancient Greek comedy that satirically portrays Socrates and the intellectual trends of classical Athens, especially the Sophists and new philosophical education.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Clouds 0
The Clouds 7
Aristophanes criticizes the play in his later work for not winning first prize 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek comedy play ⓘ
satirical play ⓘ
author Aristophanes ⓘ
centralTheme abuse of rhetoric ⓘ
conflict between old and new education ⓘ
debt and financial anxiety ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
moral consequences of sophistry ⓘ
competitionResult placed third at the City Dionysia of 423 BC ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Classical Athens ⓘ
dramaticSetting Athens ⓘ
Socrates' Thinkery ⓘ
featuresCharacter Socrates ⓘ
featuresChorus Clouds ⓘ
featuresConcept Just Argument ⓘ
Unjust Argument ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 423 BC ⓘ
firstPerformanceFestival Dionysia ⓘ
surface form: City Dionysia
firstPerformanceLocation Athens ⓘ
genre Old Comedy ⓘ
hasRevisedVersion second edition by Aristophanes ⓘ
influenced comic portrayals of philosophers ⓘ
later perceptions of Socrates ⓘ
literaryDevice allegory ⓘ
caricature ⓘ
choral commentary ⓘ
parody ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Greek literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Pheidippides ⓘ
Strepsiades ⓘ
notableTheme tension between traditional piety and new intellectualism ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
parodies Socrates ⓘ
partOf Aristophanes' surviving plays ⓘ
plotSummary An indebted Athenian, Strepsiades, tries to learn deceptive argumentation from Socrates to avoid paying his debts, leading to family and moral chaos. ⓘ
preservationStatus extant in near-complete form ⓘ
referencedIn Apology of Socrates ⓘ
surface form: Plato's Apology
satirizes Socrates ⓘ
Sophists ⓘ
intellectual trends of classical Athens ⓘ
new philosophical education ⓘ
selfCritique Aristophanes' play Clouds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aristophanes criticizes the play in his later work for not winning first prize
structure agon ⓘ
episodes ⓘ
exodos ⓘ
parabasis ⓘ
parodos ⓘ
prologue ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted Classical Athens ⓘ
surface form: Peloponnesian War era Athens

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pheidippides → appearsIn → Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Clouds
Strepsiades → appearsIn → Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Clouds
Socrates → associatedWith → Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
Socrates' Thinkery → depictedIn → Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Clouds
Socrates' Thinkery → firstAppearance → Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Clouds
Strepsiades → firstPerformanceWork → Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Clouds (423 BC version)
Mirabai Songs → hasPart → Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Clouds
Aristophanes → notableWork → Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Clouds
Socrates → portrayedIn → Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aristophanes' Clouds
Aristophanes' play Clouds → selfCritique → Aristophanes' play Clouds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Clouds
this entity surface form: Aristophanes criticizes the play in his later work for not winning first prize
Pheidippides → workOfFiction → Aristophanes' play Clouds ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Clouds