Aristophanes was a "craft" comedy poet in the fourth century B.C. during the time of the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes' usual style was to be too satirical, and suggesting the outlandish. He shows little mercy when mocking Socrates and his "new-fangled ideas" which were most likely designed to destroy the cohesiveness of society and lead to anarchy, in his play The Clouds. The most absurd and humorous of Aristophanes' comedies are those in which the …showed first 75 words of 1204 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1204 total…Modern Frat-Boy #2 Your hair would look so good...on my pillow. The underlining notion of returning home is also not specifically because of their "sex-starvation," but from the burden of guilt for being away from their family, their chores and their domestic responsibilities. They are after all not just defying their husbands but ultimately the whole Greek culture of the times in which they lived. They had a place, and status-quo demanded they assume it.