All Formats & Editions

This line-for-line translation of Aristophanes' best-known comedy features an Introduction on Old Comedy, and the place of Clouds and Aristophanic comedy within it. Footnotes and more detailed endnotes further distinguish this edition of a play famous for its caricature... Read Full Overview

Clouds is a partly revised version of a play that failed when it was first produced. It has always fascinated (and usually shocked) students of philosophy because of its portrayal of Socrates as an atheist and a teacher of dishonest rhetoric, justly punished by the... Read Full Overview

The Clouds

The Clouds: A Greek Comedy by Aristophanes. Translated by William James Hickie. The Clouds is a Greek comedy play written by the celebrated playwright Aristophanes. A lampooning of intellectual fashions in classical Athens, it was originally produced at the City Dionysia in 423... Read Full Overview

"The Clouds" is a comedy written by the celebrated playwright Aristophanes lampooning intellectual fashions in classical Athens. "The Clouds" was originally produced at the City Dionysia in 423 BC and it was not well received, coming last of the three plays competing at the festival... Read Full Overview

A comic play in which Aristophanes satirises intellectual fashion, education, and the shifting values of Athenian society.

In The Clouds, Aristophanes presents a narrative centred on Strepsiades, an indebted Athenian who seeks relief through the teachings... Read Full Overview

This new paperback edition of Aristophanes' popular play includes the complete Greek text and extensive notes and commentary. Dover examines the two versions of the play, recounts the history of the text, and analyzes a number of problems surrounding the play's interpretation,... Read Full Overview

This line-for-line translation of Aristophanes' best-known comedy features an Introduction on Old Comedy, and the place of Clouds and Aristophanic comedy within it. Footnotes and more detailed endnotes further distinguish this edition of a play famous for its caricature... Read Full Overview

Las Nubes fue presentada por primera vez el a o 423 a. C., pero Arist fanes no logr ganar el primer lugar, sacando el tercero en las Dionisias. Arist fanes jam s se resign a haber perdido. Por lo mismo, reescribi entre los a os 420 y 417 el texto de su obra y esa es la versi... Read Full Overview

Clouds is a partly revised version of a play that failed when it was first produced. It has always fascinated (and usually shocked) students of philosophy because of its portrayal of Socrates as an atheist and a teacher of dishonest rhetoric, justly punished by the... Read Full Overview

A comic play in which Aristophanes satirises intellectual fashion, education, and the shifting values of Athenian society.

In The Clouds, Aristophanes presents a narrative centred on Strepsiades, an indebted Athenian who seeks relief through the teachings... Read Full Overview

In this classic Greek play, Aristophanes takes a satirical look at the society of ancient Athens through the lens of the character Socrates. The play is funny and thought-provoking, skewering the Athenian education system and commenting on morality and justice.

This... Read Full Overview

Aristophanes is one of the best known of the Ancient Greek playwrights, and The Clouds is one of his surviving works.