door so very carelessly, and have caused the miscarriage of an idea which I had conceived” (Aristophanes 6).
We see that Aristophanes does not think very highly of one who puts so much faith in reason that they begin cursing the gods when interrupted by something routine and part of daily reality. The positioning of Socrates suspended in air over his disciples who all have their heads turned toward the ground is a further mockery to the pompous and literally in this case lofty airs Aristophanes views philosophers like Socrates as adopting. Mocking every form of Socrates’ dialogues, Aristophanes also has Socrates use metaphor to teach Strepsiades, but instead of caves and shadows and the like we are treated to gas from human indigestion after gorging. As Socrates tries to teach Strepsiades “I’ll teach you from your own case. Were you ever, after being stuffed with broth at the Panthenaic festival, then disturbed in your belly, and did a tumult suddenly rumble through it?
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