Phidippides
historical figure · 1 work · 3 mentions · 20 anchored passages
Pheidippides · Phidonides (proposed name)
in the texts
Clouds
Strepsiades' horse-obsessed son, whose extravagant chariot debts precipitate the plot; he refuses to enroll at Socrates' school and exits early in this window.
Dramatis Personae Strepsiades Phidippides Servant of Strepsiades Disciples of Socrates Socrates Chorus of Clouds Just Cause Unjust Cause Pasias Amynias Witness Chaerephon Hermes
After this, when this son was born to us, to me, forsooth, and to my excellent wife, we squabbled then about the name:
But, if you have any concern for your father’s patrimony, become one of them, having given up your horsemanship.