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A sharply inventive comic play in which the absurd becomes a vehicle for political satire and philosophical reflection. In The Birds, Aristophanes imagines two Athenians abandoning the human world to found a new city among the birds, constructing an aerial... Read Full Overview

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The Birds

Aristophanes son of Philippus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens known as the Father of Comedy. Feared for his powers of ridicule, his influence was even acknowledged by Plato as the cause of the trial of Socrates. One of the great playwrights of ancient Athens his work... Read Full Overview

Birds is generally recognized as one of Aristophanes' masterpieces, for its imaginative plot (it is the source of the word "Cloudcuckooland"), and its charming and original lyrics. This abridgement of Nan Dunbar's widely acclaimed edition of Birds , published in 1995, preserves... Read Full Overview

This is the first comprehensive edition in any language of the Birds, a play generally recognized as one of Aristophanes' masterpieces--both for its imaginative plot and for the charm and originality of its lyrics. The commentary gives generous help with the translation, for... Read Full Overview

Birds is generally recognized as one of Aristophanes' masterpieces, for its imaginative plot (it is the source of the word "Cloudcuckooland"), and its charming and original lyrics. This abridgment of Nan Dunbar's widely acclaimed edition of Birds, published in 1995, preserves... Read Full Overview

Birds was produced at the City Dionysia in the spring of 414 BC. It differs from all the other fifth-century plays of Aristophanes that survive in having no strong and obvious connection with a topical question of public interest, whether political (like Acharnians,... Read Full Overview

The Birds of Aristophanes - With Notes, and a Metrical Table is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,... Read Full Overview

Aristophanes was one of the Ancient Greeks' most famous playwrights, and some of his works survived to the modern day, including this one.

A pair of Athenians unite with the birds to found a utopia in this comic masterpiece of antiquity. Aristophanes' finest work, this imaginative farce abounds in wit and vitality.

Birds differs from all other fifth-century plays of Aristophanes that survive in having no strong and obvious connection with a topical question of public interest, whether political, literary-theatrical or intellectual-educational. It has, in its own way, plenty of topical and... Read Full Overview

Aristophanes: Die V gel. Ein Lustspiel Zwei weise Athener sind die Streitsucht in ihrer Stadt leid und wollen sich von einem Wiedehopf den Weg in die Emigration zu einem friedlichen Ort weisen lassen, doch keiner der Vorschl ge findet ihr Gefallen. So entsteht die Idee eines... Read Full Overview

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