The Clouds

At midnight, while his son dreams of chariots, Strepsiades lies awake counting debts—and discovers that even the lamp is costing him money.

In Aristophanes’ Athens, a country-minded father’s household is being eaten alive by bills run up for his son’s horses. Phidippides refuses to change his ways, so Strepsiades turns to the Thinkery, where Socrates and his pupils pursue such pressing questions as how far a flea can jump and which end of a gnat makes its buzz. Their strange learning may offer a way to outwit his creditors—if an old man can master it, and if the lesson works as promised. Can Strepsiades talk his way clear of the debts that keep him awake?

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