Asked by S

can i say that Sorates head is in the clouds when he is portrayed up in the clouds in Aristophanes comedy clouds
Answered by S
i meant Socrates not Sorates, sorry.
Answered by Writeacher
Greek comedies are not slapstick and laugh-out-loud funny the way we interpret the word "comedy" today. They are satires or parodies of whatever the playwright saw was wrong in that city or society.

http://www.answers.com/satire

http://www.answers.com/parody

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy
Read the first paragraph VERY carefully.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes