The Atlas·FiguresStrepsiadeshistorical figure · 1 work · 3 mentions · 27 anchored passages Strepsiades, the son of Phidon, of Cicynna in the texts CloudsClassical · GreekThe elderly rustic protagonist of the comedy, driven by his son's extravagant horse-racing debts to seek out Socrates' school in hope of learning to talk his way out of paying his creditors. Disciple. clouds ¶ Disciple. clouds ¶ Disciple. clouds ¶