Aristophanes The Clouds Essay

"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 beautiful works of Aristophanes. In the beginning of the comedy we know with Strepsiad farmer, destroyed economic and the son of poorly educated by his mother, who goes to "mendimotoren" philosopher Socrates to learn the art of lying. The Pheidippides, Strepsiad son, had a fondness for horse racing and he has no intention of paying his debts, instead he wants to find a way
It begins teaching: Elder wants to learn how not to pay debts; but since he enters nothing in the head, the cast of "mendimtorja". Then send his son, who easily and securely attaches to all classes, but his son thinking that the reason is always at his side, to the extent that beat his father and threaten his mother. Strepsiadi disappointed with this kind of son breeding by this kind of son breeding with aching back that has the beating, goes and puts fire "mendimores" the curse.The comedy "The Clouds" is rich in characters and comic situations, described by a thin derisive irony. The money problem is in the central of the comedy and the notion of debt are linens around this. The title of comedy tends to show that the philosophical doctrine of Socrates was like the clouds that change the form by winds that blow. The real history, with full problems get a reaction with power and hit the social class which are not in the position to work and to help the antic population. In Athine on that time existed in many schools where people get their knowledge for to many subject