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Aristophanes Clouds Aristophanes Aristophanes Milton W b 1844 Humphreys 9781176201903 Books Reviews
First of all, this is not the Hickie translation. 'nuff said? That should stop you right there.
I believe it is the 1912 London Athenian Society translation widely available on the net.
Second a glitch (or something) limited the download (across multiple devices, i checked and retried) to the end (or so) of Act one, line 1150.
Save your dollar.
If you are into the Greek plays, this is a very interesting one! I had not read it before in any class!
Also a very nice book which explains all about clouds in an easy to understand way. My 4 1/2 year old liked it and will want to read it again, as will I.
Aristophanes' comedy "Clouds" is a humorous send-up of Greek rationalism, science, atheism, and lawyerly sophistry, as supposedly represented by Socrates and the philosophical and sophistic schools of Athens. Aristophanes portrays intellectuals as an arrogant class of effete and pasty skinned unbelievers. Except for their skills in rhetoric, which help them get around the law and rip people off, their knowledge is of little worldly or practical value. In other words, their heads are figuratively in the clouds (hence the play's title).
"Clouds" is funny in places, but also disturbing in its anti-intellectualism and nostalgia for marshal virtues and doubt-free theism. If Aristophanes were alive today, he might be a caustic, and very conservative, Republican (or even a Fascist). For all this, his play has an undeniably contemporary feel in its critiques of rhetoric, and makes a good primer for reflection on the nihilistic and shameless uses of argumentation (as when oil company representatives engage in blatant sophistries to cast doubt on global warming science).
But when, at the end of the play, the lead character (Strepsiades) gleefully burns down the school of Socrates, one is sobered by the reactionary nature of the play. The ending reminds one of humanity's long and tragic history of genocide and iconoclasm (the destroying of a rival ideology's texts, idols, symbols, or buildings). The ending of Aristophanes' play clearly suggests that the killing of an entire class of people in his society would be a positive development. It is not without reason that Plato famously attributed Socrates' death, at least in part, to the popular prejudice generated against him by Aristophanes' "Clouds."
In short, Aristophanes' play is thought-provoking, funny, and sobering. It's an easy read and, even after 2500 years, still relevant.
Does not have line numbers which would help me with my studies and class.
Needed for a course and it was very helpful.
Full of typos, which I would forgive if not for Henderson's egregious renderings of the Greek, to the point that it was obnoxious to read. I've been a huge fan of Focus for a while, but this is embarrassing and I will not be getting another from their classical library series.
a tad wordier than it needed to be
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