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What it's about
An old Athenian farmer, buried in his son's racing debts, enrolls in Socrates' school to learn the arguments that will let him cheat his creditors. Aristophanes' comedy mocks the new learning of the Sophists, puts the Just and Unjust Arguments on stage to debate, and gives the best-known picture of Socrates by someone other than his followers. In Hickie's Victorian prose translation.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Readers of Plato who want to see how Athens laughed at Socrates - Anyone who enjoys satire aimed at intellectuals and clever talkers - Students of comedy who want to start at its source
