“Clouds in the sky look big and substantial‚ but in fact they are mere clumps of thin vapor—a fact that the new scientific advances were beginning to appreciate.” -- The Clouds by Aristophanes Aristophanes * He was a comic playwright of the ancient Athens. * Eleven of his 40 plays survived virtually complete. * A realist and was against the sophist such as Socrates‚ Anaxagoras‚ Diogenes‚ Protagoras‚ Hippon‚ Korax‚ and Gorgias. * The Father of Comedy and The Prince of Ancient
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"The Clouds" is a Greek comedy of ideas written by Aristophanes‚ one of the great writers of ancient Athens and one convincingly than any other author between c. 426 - 386 c. BC. This comedy was written in 423 BC and represent the contributed to the trial and also honored the philosopher as Socrates for the demagogue he use for educating people. In my opinion‚the problem of educating the youth with the moral norms of the traditional sound of cow takes place in comedy "The Clouds"‚ one of the most
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festival became a competition of revelry and ritual amongst playwrights and producers. The Clouds written by Aristophanes redefined the competition bringing his own beliefs of society and ideologies to the forefront of his message with in the play. From the brilliant comical mind of Aristophanes themes‚ motifs and symbols play a crucial role as serving for the foundation of his message with in the play. The Clouds speaks to issues of Generational Gaps‚ New School and Old School thought‚ Just versus Unjust
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"The Clouds" by Aristophanes‚ is a play centrally concerned with education. Aristophanes employs satire to illustrate his conservative beliefs. It is intended to show readers that in the tendency to philosophical subtleties lies the neglection of the real needs of the Athenians. According to Aristophanes‚ philosophical speculation only acts to shake the established foundations of accepted religion‚ gods‚ and ideals of morality. Specifically‚ as it was even discused in "The Apology‚" Aristophanes
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his wife so she would run his household as he saw fit‚ so she did not damage his reputation‚ and so he knew the paternity of his children. A husband wanted the girl to be closely controlled by her father before she married for the same reasons. Aristophanes’ comedies and Xenophon’s Oeconomicus contain very different depictions of a Greek citizen woman’s life before she is married and during the time shortly after she is married. Both the comedies and Oeconomicus examine how girls were educated‚ how
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furious to the pointless war between Athens and Sparta and manages to have a “sex strike” as a sign of protest. She convinces all of the other women of Athens and Sparta to follow this strike to force the men to make peace. Lysistrata was written by Aristophanes in 411 B.C and is classified as a stage play and is said to be old comedy.
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age‚ our knowledge also never staying the same. It is impossible to remember everything‚ that’s why we study and continue to learn. We never stop learning‚ we never stop gaining knowledge and replacing the knowledge that has been lost. Aristophanes on the other hand believes differently about the nature of love. He believes that there were three genders: male‚ female and a combination of the two. When the combined gender tried to attack the gods‚ Zeus cut them in half in order to weaken them
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C/LT 320I: Notes on Greek Comedy and Lysistrata Waters/Fall 2011 this play acts as prophecy- war will destroy Pretext for Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (411 BCE) Homeric Epics- the bible for the greeks‚ the Iliad (more concerned with the war-translates as a catastrophe) and the odyssey‚ everybody looses type of thing‚ 1200bce‚ trojan war didn’t happen‚ 1870 AD‚ Phallic Rituals- create something tall and worship it‚ masculine virility‚ ritual celebration‚ center of orgies and animal sacrifice‚
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Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata provides the audience with a comedic relief to one of the more pervading themes of war and peace‚ while also highlighting the empowerment of women. The setting of this play takes place during a time when war was customary and fighting between countrymen was familiar. Aristophanes wrote the play during the Peloponnesian War when Athens and Sparta were engaging in continuous battles that weakened supplies and destroyed cities. Athens unfortunately was suffering a great
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more in depth than I could have imagined. I believe that Aristophanes had a very interesting opinion on love. I feel like although his argument is quite odd‚ it does bring up a good point that does connect to an expression that people use today. Aristophanes states that there is a third gender aside from male and female saying‚ “there was also a...combination of these two… ‘androgynous’ was a distinct gender as well as name”
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