“Clouds” ( dr. Greek Νεφέλαι ) - comedy of the ancient Greek comedian Aristophanes .
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Delivered in 423 BC. e. on the Great Dionysius ; took third place in the competition ( Kratin won with the comedy "The Bottle", Amipsy received the second award for the comedy "Conn"). Subsequently, Aristophanes began to remake comedy for a secondary production, but did not finish the work and did not carry out a new production. The surviving text of The Clouds is a second, partially revised version (it added: a complaint about the injustice of the public; a dispute between Truth and Krivda; the final scene of the arson is “thought”).
The play is directed against the sophists who make fun of Socrates (although the production does not parody the teachings of Socrates, but the prominent sophist Antiphont), and generally against a new way of thinking and judgment that is alien to the conservative Aristophanes, who was perceived by him as something “foggy” (catching up “clouds” of idle talk ) and harmful.
Content
Story
The old farmer Strepsiad is in debt because of his son Fidippida, squandering money for equestrian sports.
Strepsiad seeks help from a neighbor - the sage of Socrates; Having come to the “thought room”, where Socrates teaches youth, Strepsiad asks to teach him cunning speeches and evasions, which would allow not to repay debts. But Strepsiad is unsuitable for science, and then Fidippid goes to study instead.
Having been trained in a “thought”, Fidippid actually helps his father get away from paying debt; however, having learned “falsehood”, he begins to despise the old traditions dear to Strepsiad, leaves obedience, and even beats his father.
In the ending of the play Strepsiad, having experienced later repentance and a bit of insight, curses sophistry and sets fire to the “mental”.
Translations
Russian translations:
- The clouds. / Entry. Art. and per. I.M. Muravyov-Apostle . - St. Petersburg, 1821 . - 312 p. (In Russian and Greek) [3]
- The clouds. / Per. V. Alekseeva. - SPb., 1893 . - 112 p.
- see also in the article Aristophanes
Literature
- Gavrilov A.K. Scientific community of abbreviations in the "Clouds" of Aristophanes // Some problems in the history of scientific science. Collection of scientific papers. Leningrad, 1989 .-- S. 62-77.
- Pierre Brulé, “Les Nuées et le problème de l'incroyance au Ve siècle,” in Pierre Brulé (ed.), La norme en matière religieuse en Grèce ancienne. Actes du XIIe colloque international du CIERGA (Rennes, Septembre 2007) (Liège, 2009) (Kernos Supplément, 21), 49–67.
- Daphne Elizabeth O'Regan, Rhetoric, comedy, and the violence of language in Aristophanes' “Clouds”, New York ua: Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-19-507017-8
- Raymond K. Fisher, Aristophanes "Clouds": purpose and technique, Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1984.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ Berry A. A Short History of Astronomy - John Murray , 1898.
- ↑ Clouds, the comedy of Aristophanes, at the Athens Theater for the first time presented during the great Dionysian festival in the first year of the LXXXIX Olympiad (in 425 BC, according to Newton's reckoning) / Entry. Art. and per. I.M. Muravyov-Apostol. - SPb .: in type. N. Grech, 1821. - Parallel. text, 314 p.
Links
- Aristophanes, "Clouds." Translation by A. I. Piotrovsky
- Ian Johnston. On satire in aristophanes's clouds