... his thoughts really are to do so. He begins in his first part of his defence by taking the example of Aristophanes" play "The Clouds" and looking the way in which a character called Socrates is portrayed. The character in the comedy supposedly walks on air and, according to Socrates, talks nonsense. The philosopher claims to have "a human kind of wisdom" (20d, page ... may well be possible that Socrates investigated meteorological phenomena, but that character's statement that for such an examination his thought must be "suspended" shows that Aristophanes has exaggerated the details for...

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... up for the accusations. One accusation he did not set himself up for were those made in the famous play write Aristophanes" play, The Clouds. In the comedy, Aristophanes makes Socrates appear as a crazy old man who floats on a cloud talking gibberish. The comedy itself accuses Socrates of being a Sophist. Play writes were also prominent members of Athenian society. Almost all plays from ancient ... Greece are classics still read and loved today. For anyone who did not know or did not come into contact with Socrates, the comedy distorted their ... larger than those who thought he was in...

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... in two of his writings about Socrates, the Memorabilia and in Oeconomicus. Both portray her as truthful, friendly, and as a knowledgeable scholar.7 In contrast, Aristophanes blames Aspasia for the start of the Peloponnesian War in his comedy, The Acharnians.8 Another issue is that all the primary sources have been translated into English. Although this is not a major issue, it does mean that ... a target for attack and some acquisitions made against her were far feted and possibly out of hate for her or Pericles. The most outrageous was from the ancient writer Aristophanes, who in his c...

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... in two of his writings about Socrates, the Memorabilia and in Oeconomicus. Both portray her as truthful, friendly, and as a knowledgeable scholar.7 In contrast, Aristophanes blames Aspasia for the start of the Peloponnesian War in his comedy, The Acharnians.8 Another issue is that all the primary sources have been translated into English. Although this is not a major issue, it does mean that ... a target for attack and some acquisitions made against her were far feted and possibly out of hate for her or Pericles. The most outrageous was from the ancient writer Aristophanes, who in his c...

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... Sophist. His name was only used in the play due to name recognition. Socrates name was well known during that time period, and was friends with Aristophanes. The comedy The Clouds portrays Sophists as teaching people to win an argument, such as Socrates use of right and wrong; and portrays Natural Philosophers as atheists who ... explain the world's phenomenon's through science instead of the gods, such as how Socrates says "no Zeus." This play is a comedy, which means that it is supposed to be humorous and be entertaining to people. The play is not about the life of Socrates, the play i...

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... . He was involved more divine power. Euripides was known to be the father of physiological tragedies. Some of his works included, The Trojan Woman, Medea, and Hercules. Aristophanes was the first tragedian that used comedy in his playwrights to create tragicomedies during the fifth century. Tragicomedies are plays ending with a happy ending. Comedian plays made fun of Polities. Later, Herodotus (ca. 485 ... ...

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