Meet the Cast
Strepsiades
Strepsiades is the central protagonist of The Clouds, but he's anything but heroic—and it's pretty hard to root for him as a result. We start out feeling sorry for the guy (after all, his son's b...
Socrates
Yes, that Socrates. The character you see in this play is based on the real philosopher. In fact, Aristophanes's sendup of Socrates's approach to teaching and philosophy is thought to have played a...
Cloud Chorus
The traditional Greek chorus is present in the form of the titular clouds (Strepsiades, who thinks anatomy is hi-larious, would giggle at "titular." And, um, we're actually giggling right now). The...
Pheidippides
He's the dude who gets his father into piles of debt and sets off the events of the play. He's not, um, the most likeable dude.He's Lazy and MeanWhen we're first introduced to the characters, we se...
Better Argument
Better Argument is the personification of a more traditional mode of philosophy and instruction that had previously held sway in learning. Well, we say traditional, but Worse Argument uses the word...
Worse Argument
Worse Argument is the personification of a newfangled (circa 400 BCE) mode of thought that is renowned for convincing people to come over to a particular side of an argument, even if it is immoral...