Aristophanes: The Clouds - Summary and Analysis

Summary and analysis of Aristophanes' The Clouds. It is an example of Old Comedy, which is a comedic genre that utilizes satire, caricature, and vulgar dialogue to ridicule public figures, politics, ideas, trends, and institutions. The play is very amusing and entertaining, but it also expresses serious concern about the radical new ideas arising in Athens during the writing of the play. Aristophanes chiefly focuses on the new ideas espoused by Socrates and by the Sophists, and he emphasizes the threat that these new ideas pose to traditional values and morals.

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