This person was reimagined as a monotheist facing religious persecution in a three-act play by Voltaire aiming to criticize organized religion. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this character who, in an older play, makes unique arguments for the genders of nouns, including suggesting that Amynias is feminine since it is the plural of Amynia.
ANSWER: Socrates
[10m] Socrates was depicted in The Clouds by Aristophanes, who also depicted Cleon in this play after a slander trial over The Babylonians. In this play, Cleon loses a debate to a sausage seller for the confidence of the Demos.
ANSWER: The Knights [or Hippeîs]
[10e] In The Knights, Aristophanes uses one of these groups to voice his opinion that “the author-director of comedies is the hardest job of all.” In The Clouds, the clouds themselves are one of these groups who respond to the action of a Greek drama.
ANSWER: chorus
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