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The Clouds
By Aristophanes - Stage play
Roles
- Strepsiades - Senior (>50), Male
About this piece
Strepsiades worries about his financial troubles
Summary
Strepsiades is an old Athenian who is having financial troubles and is being pursued by many creditors. He plans to enroll his son Pheidippides in The Thinkery, a school for intellectuals. He plans to have his son become a great speaker and beat his creditors in court. When his son refuses to enroll Strepsiades joins the school, only to be kicked out by Socrates. Eventually his son enrolls but ends up beating his father over a domestic argument. At the end Strepsiades gathers a crowd of slaves and sets the school on fire. This is the initial monologue of the play where Strepsiades, who is trying to fall asleep in his bed, wakes up and laments his financial troubles, blaming his son and wife for having squandered his money.
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