Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yayin da 'yan wasan kwaikwayo ke kan mataki, Chorus yana magana da masu sauraro a cikin al'ada na al'ada. Yana yabon marubucin don tsayawa ga dodanni kamar Cleon kuma yana tsawata wa masu sauraro saboda gazawarsu don godiya ga darajar wasan marubucin na baya ("The Clouds"). Yana yabon tsofaffi, yana tunatar da tunanin nasarar Marathon
, kuma yana nuna baƙin ciki game da cinye kudaden shiga na daular ta hanyar mutanen da ba su cancanta ba. Daga nan sai uba da ɗa suka koma kan fage, yanzu suna jayayya da juna game da zaɓin tufafin tsohon. Yana da jaraba ga tsohon alkalansa na alkalansa da tsoffin takalmansa kuma yana da shakku game da kayan ado na woolen da kuma takalma na Spartan wanda Bdelycleon yake so ya sa shi a wannan maraice zuwa wani abincin dare mai ban sha'awa. An tilasta masa ya saka tufafi masu kyau, kuma an koya masa halin da sauran baƙi za su yi tsammani daga gare shi. A wurin liyafar, Philocleon ya bayyana rashin sha'awarsa na shan giya - yana haifar da matsala, in ji shi - amma Bdelycleon ya tabbatar masa cewa mutane masu wayewa na duniya za su iya magance matsalarsu cikin sauƙi, don haka suka tashi da kyakkyawan fata don nishaɗin maraice.