Alcestis vs Clouds: Which Should You Read?
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Alcestis
"Euripides' Alcestic - perhaps the most anthologized Attic drama - is an ideal test for students reading their first play in the original Greek. Literary commentaries and language aids in most editions are too advanced…
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Clouds
“1. Acc. to a Schol. lov denotes pain, and lov joy.”
The Catholic University of America Speech and Drama Department presents Aristophanes' "The Clouds," translated by William Arrowsmith, directed by Leo Brady, choral interpretation by Josephine McGarry Callan, setting and…
The verdict
- Readers rate Alcestis highest: Alcestis 3.8 · Clouds 3.6.
- Alcestis has the widest readership — 24510 ratings behind its score.
- Alcestis runs the darker storyline; Clouds stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Alcestis | Clouds | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (24510) | 3.6 (12165) |
| Hardcover | 4.3 (3) | 4.5 (2) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (7) | 4.0 (19) |
Reception
| Alcestis | Clouds | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 24510 | 12165 |
| Editions | 111 | 99 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 47819 | 6934 |
| Reading it now | 1747 | 255 |
| Written reviews | 3625 | 900 |
| Wikipedia attention | 3824 | 19042 |
| Pages | 83 | 100 |