| Strepsiades: |
cranky, put-upon father who knows that the way to win in Athens is in court. Not the quickest-thinking citizen in town. |
| Pheidippides: |
Strepsiades' drinking and gambling son. Can't be bothered to clean up or pay for his own messes. |
| Students of the Pondertorium: |
pupils at Aristophanes' sendup of Athenian education.
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Socrates:
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the famous philosopher, Aristophanes style. |
| Chorus of Clouds: |
our goddesses for the duration.
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| Superior and Inferior Argument: |
embodiments of rhetoric, good and bad. |
Pasias, Amynias:
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Strepsiades owes them money because of Pheidippides' gambling.
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Houseboy, Xanthias, Witness:
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the little people who make the world work.
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