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The Clouds
The Clouds | Aristophanes
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Today, we tend to picture ancient Greece as a land of togas, lyres and plenty of philosophical pondering -- but even back then, people were annoyed with the likes of Socrates, Plato and other intellectual blowhards. Brilliant playwright Aristophanes mercilessly skewers pretentious intellectuals in his comic masterwork The Clouds.
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batsy
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The Clouds | Aristophanes
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Unruly, chaotic, & irreverent, this comedy had me chuckling at points (my inner child lives on), shaking my head at points, & wanting to come to Socrates‘ defence most of the time. This a total skewering of Socrates & the intellectual trends of Athens at the time, but at its core it‘s just mad about the Socratic/philosophic turn toward desecrating the gods, which is a caricature of Socrates' ideas. Is this why Plato didn't want poets around? 😅

Cathythoughts Beautiful picture 💫 3y
Graywacke Is this the one that helped lead go Socrates execution? (Unintended by the author) 3y
batsy @Cathythoughts Thank you! 💜 3y
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batsy @Graywacke Apparently yes! Though I've not read enough Plato but I read that he believed it played a part. (Also an indication that I probably should read Plato at some point!) 3y
Leftcoastzen Pretty photo! 3y
batsy @Leftcoastzen Thanks! 😊 3y
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The Clouds | Aristophanes
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Aristophanes pokes fun at the Socratic scholars in this play, and it is very funny. It‘s not as good as Lysistrata, but still good. For April (Greece) in #readAroundtheworld

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