The Clouds

A classical Greek comedy by Aristophanes, translated by William James Hickie, in which the farmer Strepsiades, burdened by his son's horse-racing debts, turns to Socrates' thinking-shop to learn clever, unscrupulous argument so he can avoid paying what he owes.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic plays›Ancient Greek and Roman plays

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