The next meeting of Great Books KC will be September 27, 2024. We will discuss The Clouds, by Aristophanes
Date: September 27, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm
Hybrid Zoom/In-Person Meeting:
— Attendance in person Plaza Branch Lib., Small Meeting Room.
— Zoom attendance, link sent to mailing list.
— Request mailing list addition, send to GreatBooksKC@gmail.com
About the Book:
The Clouds is a 423 BC Greek comedy play written by the playwright Aristophanes. It is a lampooning of intellectual fashions in classical Athens. The Clouds can be considered the world's first extant "comedy of ideas" and is considered by literary critics to be among the finest examples of the genre. The play also, however, remains notorious for its caricature of Socrates, and is cited by Plato in the Apology as a contributing factor to the philosopher's trial and execution.
