Two characters in this play have an argument in which one calls Simonides "a detestable poet" and insists that Aeschylus and Euripides are superior.
Two characters in this play have an argument in which one calls Simonides "a detestable poet" and insists that Aeschylus and Euripides are superior. The main character of this play refuses to repay the twelve minae he borrowed from Pasias to buy a racehorse, then chases away his other creditor Amynias. This play features a discussion in which a character muses about the similarity between the "crap" and "clap" after another character asserts that (*) Zeus does not exist and works attributed to him actually are the doings of the chorus. After realizing that his son has learned to justify beating him "for his own good", this play's main character burns down a school. For 10 points, name this Aristophanes play in which Strepsiades and his son Pheidippides learn sophistry from Socrates's Thinkery.
Two characters in this play have an argument in which one calls Simonides "a detestable poet" and insists that Aeschylus and Euripides are superior.
The Clouds [or Nephelai]