{"product_id":"clouds","title":"Clouds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the second half of the fifth century BC, oratory was an essential skill for a successful politician. This art of persuasive speaking was one of several subjects which sophists, lesser philosophers (with whom Socrates was often identified), offered at a price. Aristophanes' Clouds, performed in its original version in 423 BC, is a witty and merciless satire at the expense of Socrates, which ridicules features ascribed by the man in the street to Socrates and sophistic teaching.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLightly annotated throughout. Hardback 1968.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hellenic Bookservice","offers":[{"title":"Fair condition","offer_id":56152718639483,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/6862\/0411\/files\/cloudsdover.jpg?v=1773399120","url":"https:\/\/hellenic-books.com\/products\/clouds","provider":"Hellenic Bookservice","version":"1.0","type":"link"}