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The Clouds Religion and Science Quotes

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Quote #10

Paternal Zeus! Just listen! How old-fashioned! Does Zeus exist? (1468)

Much later in the play, after Strepsiades has gone back to believing in Zeus, Pheidippides has been converted to the Thinkery's philosophies and "religion." As a result, he makes fun of his father for invoking Zeus's name, reminding him that Zeus doesn't exist.