Aristophanes' the Clouds

Aristophanes was the greatest writer of comedy in athens, and makes socrates an important character in a play called the clouds. Aristophanes was quite literally competing for the approval of the audience at the festival of the god dionysius in athens each year. He won the prize several times, albeit not with the clouds, which was voted third and last in the year 423 b c. Socrates quite literally has his head in the clouds as he explains to the main character that he is engaged in meteorology.