Original 423 BC play: Offers authentic historical context and dramatic value
Lightly annotated throughout: Enhances accessibility for readers and scholars
Hardcover format: Ensures durability and longevity for frequent use
Fictionalized account of Socrates: Provides insight into classical Greek philosophy
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During the second half of the fifth century BC, oratory was an essential skill for a successful politician. This art of persuasive speaking was one of several subjects which sophists, lesser philosophers (with whom Socrates was often identified), offered at a price. Aristophanes' Clouds, performed in its original version in 423 BC, is a w
