Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
The play was written in 419 BCE. Dang, that was a long time ago. (Source.)
Aristophanes' portrayal of Socrates was funny but pretty inaccurate. (Source.)
The Clouds was considered the first "comedy of ideas"—and, according to Plato, helped contribute to Socrates's ultimate downfall. (Source.)
Socrates was executed in 399 BCE, 20 years after the play was written. (Source.)