HKB
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Often appears with: justice as a virtue · family conflict · faction, party, and civil strife · crime and punishment · better and worse causes · beating a father
Usually: narrative (1) · injustice endured (1) · indignation (1) · lament (1)
“For this old man, having loved them, wishes to withhold the money that he borrowed.” Aristophanes, The Clouds · insight
The Chorus predicts trouble for Strepsiades after Amynias and his “sophist” son Phidippides, who then beats his father and defends it by choosing between the “better” and “worse” causes.
Amyn. Is not this an insult, pray? Strep. Will you move quickly? [Pricks him behind with the goad.] I'll lay on you, goading you behind, you outrigger? Do you fly? [Amynias runs off.] I thought I should stir you, together with your wheels and your two-horse chariots. [Exit Strepsiades.] Cho. What a thing it is to love evil courses! For this old man, having loved them, wishes to withhold the mone…