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螣喂 螒胃畏谓伪委慰喂 螤蔚喂蟽胃苇蟿伪喂蟻慰蟼 魏伪喂 螘蠀蔚位蟺委未畏蟼 喂未蟻蠉慰蠀谓 渭蔚 蟿畏 尾慰萎胃蔚喂伪 蟿慰蠀 尾伪蟽喂位喂维 蟿蠅谓 蟺慰蠀位喂蠋谓 蟿畏谓 喂未伪谓喂魏萎 蟺蠈位畏 螡蔚蠁蔚位慰魏慰魏魏蠀纬委伪 渭蔚蟿伪尉蠉 慰蠀蟻伪谓慰蠉 魏伪喂 纬畏蟼. 螒蠀蟿蠈 蔚渭蟺慰未委味蔚喂 蟿畏谓 魏谓委蟽伪 谓伪 蠁蟿维蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 胃蔚慰蠉蟼. 螝蟻喂蟿喂魏萎 蟿蠅谓 未畏渭伪纬蠅纬蠋谓 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 谓蔚慰蟿蔚蟻喂蟽蟿蠋谓 蟿畏蟼 蟺慰位喂蟿喂魏萎蟼, 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻蔚蟼 魏蠅渭蠅未委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻喂蟽蟿慰蠁维谓畏.

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First published January 1, 415

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Aristophanes (Greek: 螒蚁喂蟽蟿慰蠁维谓畏蟼; c.鈥�446 鈥� c.鈥�386 BC) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. These provide the most valuable examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and are used to define it, along with fragments from dozens of lost plays by Aristophanes and his contemporaries.
Also known as "The Father of Comedy" and "the Prince of Ancient Comedy", Aristophanes has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more convincingly than any other author. His powers of ridicule were feared and acknowledged by influential contemporaries; Plato singled out Aristophanes' play The Clouds as slander that contributed to the trial and subsequent condemning to death of Socrates, although other satirical playwrights had also caricatured the philosopher.
Aristophanes' second play, The Babylonians (now lost), was denounced by Cleon as a slander against the Athenian polis. It is possible that the case was argued in court, but details of the trial are not recorded and Aristophanes caricatured Cleon mercilessly in his subsequent plays, especially The Knights, the first of many plays that he directed himself. "In my opinion," he says through that play's Chorus, "the author-director of comedies has the hardest job of all."

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螌蚁谓喂胃蔚蟼 = The Birds: a comedy, Aristophanes

Aristophanes (Born: c. 446 BC, Athens, Greece, Died (c. 386 BC, Delphi, Greece), son of Philippus, was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens.

The Birds is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed in 414 BC at the City Dionysia in Athens where it won second place.

Characters: Pisthetairos, Euelpides, Hoopoe

Birds is one of the Aristophanes' masterpieces, for its imaginative plot, and it is charming and original lyrics.

The play begins with two middle-aged men stumbling across a hillside wilderness, guided by a pet crow and a pet jackdaw.

One of them advises the audience that they are fed up with life in Athens, where people do nothing all day but argue over laws, and they are looking for Tereus, a king who was once metamorphosed into the Hoopoe, for they believe he might help them find a better life somewhere else.

Just then, a very large and fearsome bird emerges from a camouflaged bower, demanding to know what they are up to and accusing them of being bird-catchers.

He turns out to be the Hoopoe's servant. They appease him and he returns indoors to fetch his master. Moments later the Hoopoe himself appears鈥攁 not very convincing bird who attributes his lack of feathers to a severe case of moulting.

He is happy to discuss their plight with them and meanwhile one of them has a brilliant idea鈥攖he birds, he says, should stop flying about like idiots and instead should build themselves a great city in the sky, since this would not only allow them to lord it over men, it would also enable them to blockade the Olympian gods in the same way that the Athenians had recently starved the island of Melos into submission.

The Hoopoe likes the idea and he agrees to help implement it, provided of course that the two Athenians can first convince all the other birds.

He calls to his wife, the Nightingale, and bids her to begin her celestial music. The notes of an unseen flute swell through the theatre and meanwhile the Hoopoe provides the lyrics, summoning the birds of the world from their different habitats鈥攂irds of the fields, mountain birds and birds of the trees, birds of the waterways, marshes and seas.

These soon begin to appear and each of them is identified by name on arrival. Four of them dance together while the rest form into a Chorus. ...

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Nephelococcygia, a metropolis in air,
Zeus' cloudy nightmare,
Unlikely a bedroom scare
From a sparrow鈥檚 wild rare.

A respite between heaven and earth,
鈥淎n avian heaven鈥�, says Pisthetaerus,
Flirting with the nightingale鈥檚 mirth
Hoopoe consents ; what a fucking putz!

Sacred chants float over the lustral waters,
The birds join the jubilant choir,
The peacock dancing in a tutu simply backfires,
It鈥檚 not an ass-whooping Le Ballet Noir!

The pelican, the spoon-bill, the horned-owl, the teal, the stormy petrel and the titmouse,
Solemnized the laws of the land,
Harboring the Olympians grouse,
I rather be chained and canned.

Messiah to Bitch Dependency,
鈥淏irds over bitches!鈥� proclaims a pimp called Slickback,
Pleading for wings is a bitch tendency,
Cloud-cuckoo town- a two-cent hustler.

Rainbows descent on womanly divinity,
鈥淭hat鈥檚 a bitch!鈥� , yelps Slickback,
Iris, messenger of Gods, heart of Zeus鈥� affinity,
鈥淭hat bitch鈥檚 gonna fuck y鈥檃ll".

Perching on twigs, the birds laud the forgotten heroes,
A choral interlude, a cry for pigeons,
Howl the pigeons preening their Afros,
鈥淵ou came to the wrong neighborhood, motherfucking wigeons!鈥�

A cry of an amateur,
Verses may not rationally click
Least an award clincher,
I care a fuck ; I just blasted a stick!








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708 reviews545 followers
July 30, 2019
Asl谋nda Aristophanes'in T眉rkiye 陌艧 Bankas谋 taraf谋ndan yay谋mlanan kitab谋n谋 sat谋n almak istemi艧tim; ancak en merak etti臒im oyun olan "Bulutlar"谋 kitapta g枚remedi臒im i莽in Mitos Boyut'u tercih ettim.

碍耻艧濒补谤, asl谋nda bir 眉迟辞辫测补. ... linkinden okudu臒um kadar谋yla Sicilya seferi 枚ncesinde Tanr谋lar谋n heykellerinin tahrip edilmi艧 ve bunun da u臒ursuzluk getirdi臒i inanc谋 yerle艧mi艧. Buna sebebiyet verdikleri gerek莽esiyle pek 莽ok d眉艧眉n眉r 枚ld眉r眉lm眉艧. Oyun da Atina'daki bu t眉r problemlerden kurtulmak i莽in ku艧lar谋n 眉lkesine, bir 眉迟辞辫测补ya, g枚莽 eden iki arkada艧谋 anlat谋yor.

Oyunda d枚nemin Atinas谋n谋, iktidar谋, yarg谋y谋 ele艧tiren pek 莽ok k谋s谋m var. 脰rne臒in, "...yine de 眉lkemizden ayr谋l谋yoruz. 脺lkemizi sevmedi臒imizden mi? Yoo! Kim b枚ylesine mutlu ve g眉zel bir kenti sevmez? 陌stedi臒in kadar para harca, bol bol vergi ve ceza 枚de. A臒ustos b枚cekleri dallarda bir iki ay 枚t眉p dururlar. Atinal谋lar ise insan谋 枚m眉r boyu 枚tt眉r眉rler. Nas谋l m谋? Mahkemelerle, tahkikatlarla... 陌艧te bu y眉zden yola 莽谋kt谋k" (s.8). 陌艧te bu t眉r sebeplerden 枚t眉r眉 daha iyi bir 眉lke bulma amac谋yla Pistetairos ve Euelpides yola 莽谋k谋yor ve buluyorlar da. Bu iki arkada艧谋n yerle艧tikleri ku艧lar 眉lkesi ile Aristophanes 枚zlem duydu臒u 眉lkeyi anlat谋yor olsa gerek. "Aran谋zda mutlu bir ya艧am s眉rmek isteyen varsa bizimle gelsin. Bizim aram谋zda ay谋p diye g眉nah diye bir 艧ey yoktur. 碍耻艧濒补谤 yapt谋臒谋n谋z her 艧eyi ho艧 g枚r眉rler" (s.31). Bunun haricinde bu yeni 眉lkede ku艧lar Tanr谋lara daha az adak ad谋yorlar, onlar i莽in daha az 艧ey kurban ediyorlar ve bu durum da Tanr谋lar谋 莽ok rahats谋z ediyor, iktidarlar谋n谋 zedeliyor. Bu 眉lkede Tanr谋lar谋n egemenli臒inden ziyade 眉lkenin ku艧lar谋n谋n h眉k眉m s眉rmesi isteniyor.

Bulutlar, Sokrates'i 枚l眉me g枚t眉ren oyun olarak zihnimde yer etmi艧 bir oyun. Sokrates'in bu oyun sonras谋nda 枚l眉m cezas谋na mahk没m edildi臒i s枚ylenir.

Gelenek莽i bir yap谋ya sahip Aristophanes, Sokrates'i sofistlerle bir tutar ve onun birtak谋m ahl芒k kurallar谋n谋, gelenekleri y谋kt谋臒谋ndan, inan莽lar谋 sarst谋臒谋ndan bahisle Sokrates'i yerden yere vurur. Bu oyun da tam anlam谋yla bunun 眉zerine kurulu. Mahkemede bor莽lar谋n谋 枚demekten kurtulmak isteyen Strepsiades kendisini mahkemede savunmak i莽in o臒lunun Sokrates'ten ders almas谋n谋 ister. Ba艧ta o臒lu kabul etmeyince kendi ders almaya gider; fakat pek ba艧ar谋l谋 olmaz. Bunun 眉zerine yeniden o臒lunun Sokrates'ten e臒itim almas谋na u臒ra艧谋r ve bu sefer ba艧ar谋l谋r olur; ancak ald谋臒谋 o臒lunun e臒itimin ne kadar "k枚t眉 ve y谋k谋c谋" bir etkiye sahip oldu臒unu sonradan anlar. Bunun 眉zerine de Sokrates'in evini ate艧e verir.

Oyun boyunca Sokrates, sofistlerle bir tutulur. Hakl谋 莽谋kmak i莽in, kar艧谋 taraf谋 ikna etmek i莽in her t眉rl眉 艧eyi dener. Bu u臒urda ahl芒k kurallar谋n谋 da yok sayar Tanr谋lar谋 da. Hatta ya臒muru Zeus'un ya臒d谋rmad谋臒谋n谋, kas谋rga ile birlikte bulutlar谋n ya臒d谋rd谋臒谋n谋 bile iddia eder!

脰zellikle felsefe merakl谋lar谋n谋n okumas谋 gereken bir oyun oldu臒unu d眉艧眉n眉yorum.
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June 3, 2019
I liked this - a strange and nebulous atmosphere
As two buffoon-clowns organise a biosphere,
An Avian Kingdom high up in the stratosphere.
Apparently this parodies the Sicilian sphere;
I couldn鈥檛 see that myself, but if it鈥檚 true I fear
That it proved to be prophetic in the coming year.
For the war was lost for Athens in that fateful year,
And the sharp decline of Hellas became 眉ber-clear.

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December 1, 2022
禺賵亘 亘賵丿 .丿乇 賲噩賲賵睾 蹖讴 噩賵乇 乇爻丕賱丞鈥屫з勜粉屫� 亘賵丿 丿乇 賯丕賱亘 讴賲丿蹖.
賲卮丕亘賴鬲鈥屬囏й� 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 亘丕 丌孬丕乇 賮丕乇爻蹖 鬲賵賱蹖丿 卮丿賴 丿乇 丨賵夭賴鈥屬囏й� 鬲賲孬蹖賱蹖 賲乇鬲亘胤 亘丕 倬乇賳丿賴鈥屬囏� 丿丕卮鬲.
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May 4, 2025
+ 丕夭 丨乇賮 鬲丕 亘丕賱 禺蹖賱蹖 賮丕氐賱賴 丕爻鬲. 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗃� 亘丕 賵乇丕噩蹖 亘賴 讴爻蹖 亘丕賱 亘丿賴蹖.
- 賴賲賴 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳鈥屫� 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�.
+ 趩胤賵乇責
- 賲诏乇 丿乇 爻賱賲丕賳蹖鈥屬囏� 賳卮賳蹖丿賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 倬丿乇蹖 亘賴 噩賵丕賳鈥屫辟囏� 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫�:芦毓噩蹖亘 丕爻鬲! 賳氐丕蹖丨 夭蹖賵鬲乇賽賮蹖爻 亘丕毓孬 卮丿 鬲丕 倬爻乇賲 亘賴 爻賵蹖 丕爻亘 爻賵丕乇蹖 倬賻乇 亘讴卮丿!禄 蹖丕 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫�:芦倬爻乇 賲賳 賴賲貙 爻賵丕乇 亘乇 亘丕賱 鬲禺蹖賱丕鬲卮 亘賴 爻賵蹖 卮毓乇 鬲乇丕跇蹖讴 倬乇 讴卮蹖丿!禄
+ 倬爻貙 賵丕跇賴鈥屬囏� 亘丕賱賽 倬乇賵丕夭 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ促嗀�
賭 亘蹖鈥屫蹿�! 讴賱賲丕鬲 亘賴 匕賴賳 亘丕賱 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ促嗀� 賵 丌丿賲蹖夭丕丿 鬲丕 毓乇卮 丕賵噩 賲蹖鈥屭屫必�. 丕賲蹖丿賵丕乇賲 爻禺賳丕賳 禺乇丿賲賳丿丕賳賴鈥屫з� 亘賴 鬲賵 亘丕賱 亘丿賴丿 鬲丕 亘賴 爻賵蹖 丨乇賮賴鈥屫й� 卮乇丕賮鬲賲賳丿丕賳賴 倬乇賵丕夭 讴賳蹖.
3.5
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4,810 reviews605 followers
January 3, 2021
Must have gotten a good translation on this because I enjoyed and understood the play much more then I thought I would.
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February 7, 2021
A gdyby tak rzuci膰 to wszystko i zamieszka膰 z ptakami (mo偶e by膰 w Bieszczadach)?

"Ptaki" to kolejny utw贸r Arystofanesa, uchodz膮cy za "arcydzie艂o komedii staroattyckiej", kt贸ry (mea culpa) przeczyta艂am bez wi臋kszego zainteresowania. Autor by艂 gorliwym obro艅c膮 pokoju i konserwatyst膮, czego wyraz ch臋tnie dawa艂 w swoich dzie艂ach. W "Ptakach" znajdziemy jego wizj臋 idealnego pa艅stwa, w kt贸rym nie znajdziemy 偶adnych wr贸偶bit贸w, komisarzy ani sofist贸w z ich szkodliwymi naukami. Super, ja te偶 marz臋 o pa艅stwie, w kt贸rym nie b臋dzie niepasuj膮cych mi element贸w politycznych. I to by by艂o na tyle, bo to my艣lenie wy艂膮cznie 偶yczeniowe.
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1,663 reviews223 followers
August 10, 2016
Masterful translation of a witty play. I'm not sure of the meaning of the play, but I can see where elements of low humor today were birthed in ancient times. I appreciated the translator's notes and glossary. They explained many obscure [to us] references--cultural and topical in Aristophanes' day. I read this to compare it with Braunfels' treatment of the story in his opera "Die V枚gel" based on the same play.
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235 reviews20 followers
June 25, 2022
Have you considered replacing your gods with birds? They're never far away - in some tree or bush - and while Zeus demands the sacrifice of a whole animal, you can appease birds with only a few grains of wheat. Also, they will give you wings (unless your reasons for wanting the wings are ridiculous. Then no. Obviously.) But what's really amazing is that many of Aristophanes' jokes are still funny over 2,400 years later.
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June 19, 2015
賲賳 禺氐賵賲鬲 卮禺氐賷賲 亘丕 丌乇賷爻鬲賵賮丕賳 乇賮毓 賳卮丿賴 丕賲丕 毓賱鬲 丕賷賳賰賴 亘爻賶 賱匕鬲 丕夭 丕賷賳 賰鬲丕亘 亘乇丿賲 丕賷賳賰賴 亘賴 卮丿鬲 賷丕丿 賲丿賷賳賴 賮丕囟賱賴 毓胤丕乇 賵 賲賳胤賯 丕賱胤賷乇 賳賲丕丿 卮禺氐賷鬲賶 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 賵 亘丕賱禺氐賵氐 賴丿賴丿 丕賮鬲丕丿賲!!
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86 reviews3 followers
March 9, 2022
tr猫s rigolo car un personnage s'appelle troudeballe mais sinon j'ai rien compris, qui peut m'expliquer svp j'ai ds dessus genre demain en culture antique
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November 19, 2024
芦禺亘乇趩蹖賳: 倬爻貙 賵丕跇賴 賴丕 亘丕賱 倬乇賵丕夭 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ促嗀�
倬蹖爻孬鬲乇爻: 亘蹖 卮讴! 讴賱賲丕鬲 亘賴 匕賴賳 亘丕賱 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ促嗀� 賵 丌丿賲蹖夭丕丿 鬲丕 毓乇卮 丕賵噩 賲蹖鈥屭屫必�.禄
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June 10, 2021
This play was occasionally amusing but overall feels a bit dated. Much of the humor seemed like it might have been more funny when it came out back in 鈥�14.

I mean 414.
BC.

Of the Ancient Greek Plays That Are Important for Every Well-educated Person to Read, this would surely fall into the 2nd tier. Maybe the third.
I did appreciate hearing the original use of the term 鈥渃loud-cuckoo-land鈥� though.
10 reviews
March 24, 2014
"The Birds" was both witty and insightful about the nature of the Athenian dream: to live through play and not pay taxes. Though comical, it changes from a story of two men looking to escape their responsibilities, to their dream of a new world and overthrowing the gods, to the two men's domination. Ironically, much of their power was gained through a matter of others shrugging and doing their very best to avoid responsibility. I found that this play was both charmingly cheeky-- at a couple points faux-threatening the crowd to vote for the play in the competition it had been entered in-- and interesting for its complex view of human beings.
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1,394 reviews27 followers
January 22, 2022
I've read this as a play concerning the innate human craving for something better, a craving which can never be fully satiated, which could be taken as a satire for the Athenian desire for conquering (which always leads to war and destruction) and for always inventing new forms of political expression (which often results in people feeling lost and overwhelmed). I've enjoyed the talk about Eros, the lust that is inherently present in all of the characters. Just as an example, after Peisthetaerus and his friend establish Cloud-cuckoo-land, a patricide appears and states the following: "I鈥檓 in love with the laws of the Birds. I鈥檓 batty about the birds and I鈥檓 all in a flutter of desire to live with you, and I want your nomoi!鈥�. Similarly, Kinesias says: 鈥淏ecause of Eros I flutter heavenwards of light wings鈥�. And the link between politics and eroticism/passion is brought to its paroxysm in the end of the play when Peisthetaerus marries Basileia and establishes himself as a tyrant deity who is not necessarily creating a utopia since the wedding feast includes some roasted jailbirds. However, in comparison to other plays such as Lysistrata or the Assembly of Women, I found this play less comical and less enjoyable overall. This might be a masterpiece of political satire, but for me it proved a little too allegorical and difficult to follow than other plays.
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February 25, 2019
Skip this comedy and read Lysistrata instead would be my last word for it. This one gets 2 thumbs down.
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378 reviews3 followers
March 4, 2024
A very entertaining comedy on how to build a kingdom and become a God. The people wanted to leave society and be among nature and came across the free birds and decided to be among them. They quickly became noticed and the greek gods also noticed and accepted them as leaders of the birds and were then gods.
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March 11, 2023
鈥淪ince Time was, I have been a friend of Man" ( Prometheus: The Birds)
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152 reviews
May 4, 2024
Super Idee aus dem alten Griechenland. Herrschaft der V枚gel. Kurzweilige interessante Geschichte f眉r zwischendurch. Viel bleibt aber nicht h盲ngen.
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August 8, 2020
Social satire meets bawdy farce. Cloudcuckooland is appropriately full of the tittle tattle of religion, politics, philosophy, poetry.
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38 reviews11 followers
February 11, 2019
倬賳丨 丕孬乇 丕賵賱 亘丕賯蹖賲丕賳丿賴 丕夭 丌乇蹖爻鬲賵賮丕賳爻 賴乇 讴丿丕賲 亘丕 賮丕氐賱賴 蹖讴 爻丕賱 亘賴 乇賵蹖 氐丨賳賴 乇賮鬲賴 丕賳丿 賵 賲蹖卮賵丿 鬲丨賵賱 丕賳丿蹖卮賴 賵 鬲賮讴乇 丕賵 乇丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 倬賳噩 爻丕賱 乇丿蹖丕亘蹖 讴乇丿. 丿乇 丿賵 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 丕賵賱 亘丕賯蹖賲丕賳丿賴 丕夭 丕賵貙 丌禺丕乇賳蹖丕蹖蹖 賴丕 賵 卮賵丕賱蹖賴 賴丕 讴賴 胤賳夭 丿乇 丨丿 賴噩賵蹖丕鬲 賵 賴夭賱蹖丕鬲 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 (丿乇 丨丿 "賴賱賴 讴蹖丿蹖 睾賱丕賲 賳丕賯丕亘賱" 賵 "丕蹖賳 睾乇 睾乇趩賴 噩睾丿 丿賲賳 丕爻鬲") 賵 卮賵禺蹖 賴丕蹖 賮丕賱蹖讴 賲鬲毓丿丿 賵 爻鬲 倬蹖爻 賴丕蹖 诏爻爻鬲賴 賵 亘蹖 乇亘胤 丿乇 賲鬲賳 賵噩賵丿 丿丕卮鬲. 爻亘讴蹖 讴賴 丕夭 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻蹖 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿賴賴 丿賵賲 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵乇 丕夭 匕賴賳 賳蹖爻鬲貙 賴乇 趩賳丿 乇賵卮賳诏乇蹖 賵 鬲賮讴乇 爻蹖丕爻蹖 丕賵 丕夭 賴賲丕賳 丌孬丕乇 丕賵賱 鬲丨爻蹖賳 亘乇丕賳诏蹖夭 亘賵丿賳丿.
丕賲丕 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 賮丕氐賱賴 夭蹖丕丿蹖 (賴賮鬲 爻丕賱) 亘丕 丌孬丕乇 丿蹖诏乇 丕賵 丿丕乇丿 賵 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 爻亘讴 賵 胤乇夭 鬲賮讴乇 鬲丕 丨丿 夭蹖丕丿蹖 丌卮讴丕乇 丕爻鬲. 丕诏乇 丌孬丕乇 賯亘賱蹖 丨賲賱丕鬲蹖 爻賳诏蹖賳 賵 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 毓賱蹖賴 亘賳蹖丕丿賴丕蹖 爻蹖丕爻蹖 蹖賵賳丕賳 賲毓丕氐乇 亘賵丿賳丿貙 丕蹖賳 丕孬乇 丿乇 丨讴賲 乇賵丕蹖鬲蹖 丕爻鬲 丕爻賵倬蹖 (蹖丕 讴賱蹖賱賴 賵 丿賲賳賴 丕蹖) 賵 賳賲丕丿蹖賳 丿乇 賲匕賲鬲 丕禺賱丕賯蹖丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳 賲毓丕氐乇 讴賴 丕賲蹖丿 亘賴 丌蹖賳丿賴 丕蹖 亘賴鬲乇 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 賲亘賳丕蹖 賮讴乇蹖 賯賵蹖鬲乇 乇丕 亘丕 禺賵丿 賴賲乇丕賴 丿丕乇丿. 丿乇 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 丕夭 賴夭賱 禺亘乇蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 卮賵禺蹖 賴丕蹖 噩賳爻蹖 賵 賮丕賱蹖讴 丿乇 讴賲鬲乇蹖賳 丨丿 禺賵丿 丿乇 丕孬乇 诏賳噩丕賳丿賴 丕卮丿賴 丕賳丿 賵 賴噩賵 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 丕卮禺丕氐 賴賲 丿乇 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 亘丕 丌孬丕乇 丿蹖诏乇 丌乇蹖爻鬲賵賮丕賳爻 亘賴 丨丿 賯丕亘賱 鬲賵噩賴蹖 讴賲 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 (賴乇 趩賳丿 讴賱蹖爻鬲賳爻 賵 讴賱卅賵賳蹖賲賵爻 亘禺鬲 亘乇诏卮鬲賴 賴賲蹖卮賴 賵 丿乇 賴乇 賮乇氐鬲 亘蹖 乇亘胤 賵 亘丕 乇亘胤蹖貙 賴丿賮 卮賵禺蹖 賴丕蹖 亘蹖 乇丨賲丕賳賴 丌乇蹖爻鬲賵賮丕賳爻 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 丕賳丿. 讴賱蹖爻鬲賳爻 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 丕賲乇丿蹖 賵 讴賱卅賵賳蹖賲賵爻 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 亘夭丿賱蹖 賵 趩丕賯蹖)
倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 乇賵丕蹖鬲 丿賵 卮賴乇賵賳丿 丌鬲賳蹖 丕爻鬲 亘賴 丕爻賲 賴丕蹖 賮蹖爻鬲賵鬲丕蹖乇賵爻 賵 丕賵賱蹖倬蹖丿爻 讴賴 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 爻乇夭賲蹖賳蹖 亘丿賵賳 噩賳诏 亘丕 倬丕蹖 倬蹖丕丿賴 丕夭 丌鬲賳 亘賴 乇丕賴 賲蹖賮鬲賳丿 賵 亘賴 賯賱賲乇賵蹖 鬲乇卅賵爻 (卮丕賴 鬲乇丕爻 讴賴 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 鬲噩丕賵夭 亘賴 賴賲爻乇 禺賵丕賴乇卮 亘賴 卮讴賱 卮丕賳賴 亘賴 爻乇 丿乇 賲蹖 丌蹖丿 賵 倬丕丿卮丕賴 倬乇賳丿賴 賴丕 賲蹖 卮賵丿) 賲蹖 乇爻賳丿. 丌賳賴丕 亘賴 鬲乇卅賵爻 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 鬲卮讴蹖賱 讴卮賵乇蹖 乇丕 賲蹖 丿賴賳丿 讴賴 亘蹖賳 夭賲蹖賳 賵 丌爻賲丕賳 亘賳丕 賳賴丕丿賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 賵 丿乇丌賲丿 丌賳 丕夭 賲丕賱蹖丕鬲 毓賵丕乇囟 賯乇亘丕賳蹖 賴丕 賵 丕賮卮丕賳卮 鬲丕賲蹖賳 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 賮蹖爻鬲賵鬲丕蹖乇賵爻 賵 丕賵賱蹖倬蹖丿爻 讴賴 禺賵丿 亘賴 倬乇賳丿賴 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賴 丕賳丿 賵 倬丕丿卮丕賴丕賳 噩丿蹖丿 丕蹖賳 爻乇夭賲蹖賳 賴爻鬲賳丿貙 倬蹖卮賴丕丿 亘乇丕賳丿丕禺鬲賳 倬丕丿卮丕賴蹖 禺丿丕蹖丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 丌賳賴丕 賲蹖丿賴賳丿 賵 丕夭 乇賵丕蹖丕鬲 丕爻丕胤蹖乇蹖 讴賲讴 賲蹖诏蹖乇賳丿 鬲丕 丕孬亘丕鬲 讴賳賳丿 讴賴 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 倬蹖卮 丕夭 夭卅賵爻 亘賵噩賵丿 丌賲丿賴 丕賳丿.
賲匕賴亘 噩丿蹖丿 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳貙 丿乇 賲丿鬲 禺蹖賱蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴蹖 (讴賲鬲乇 丕夭 趩賳丿 禺胤!) 鬲賵噩賴 賲乇丿賲 蹖賵賳丕賳 禺爻鬲賴 丕夭禺丿丕蹖丕賳 賯丿蹖賲 乇丕 亘賴 禺賵丿 噩賱亘 賲蹖 讴賳丿. 卮丕毓乇丕賳貙 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳賵蹖爻丕賳貙 賲賳噩賲丕賳 賵 倬蹖卮 诏賵蹖丕賳 亘賴 禺丿賲鬲 倬丕丿卮丕賴 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 丿乇 賲蹖丕亘賳丿 賵 鬲丕乇蹖禺 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 丕爻丕胤蹖乇蹖 亘丕 鬲丕乇蹖禺 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 噩丕蹖诏夭蹖賳 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 乇丕 毓亘丕丿鬲 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 賵 丕爻賲 賴丕蹖 倬乇賳丿賴 賴丕 乇丕 乇賵蹖 禺賵丿 賲蹖 诏匕丕乇賳丿 賵 毓丕丿丕鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 乇丕 鬲賯賱蹖丿 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿.
丿乇 丕蹖賳 賲蹖丕賳貙 倬乇賵賲鬲卅賵爻貙 卮賵乇卮蹖 丕亘丿蹖貙 亘賴 賯賱賲乇賵蹖 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 賲蹖 丌蹖丿 賵 賴乇丕爻賳丕讴 丕夭 賲噩丕夭丕鬲蹖 丿蹖诏乇貙 乇丕夭 丿夭丿蹖丿賳 鬲丕噩 賵 鬲禺鬲 倬丕丿卮丕賴蹖 丕夭 夭卅賵爻 乇丕 亘賴 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 賵 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 丿乇賮氐賱 卮丕賴讴丕乇 倬丕蹖丕賳蹖 賵 丕賳丿讴蹖 讴賮乇丌賲蹖夭貙 丿乇 賲亘丕丨孬賴 丕蹖 丕夭 丨賲丕賯鬲 禺丿丕蹖丕賳 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 賵 禺丿丕蹖丕賳 噩丿蹖丿 鬲賲丕賲蹖 毓丕賱賲 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿.
鬲賲 丕氐賱蹖 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 蹖毓賳蹖 丕蹖噩丕丿 鬲賮讴乇蹖 噩丿蹖丿貙 賳丕亘賵丿蹖 鬲賮讴乇 賯丿蹖賲蹖 賵 丕賲蹖丿 亘乇丕蹖 倬蹖卮乇賮鬲 亘乇 賲亘賳丕蹖 丕蹖賳 鬲賮讴乇 噩丿蹖丿 丕夭 賲丨丕賮馗賴 讴丕乇蹖 賲孬賱 丌乇蹖爻鬲賵賮丕賳爻 亘毓蹖丿 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖 乇爻丿. 丌乇蹖爻鬲賵賮丕賳爻蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 "丕亘乇賴丕" 丕夭 賮賱爻賮賴 爻賯乇丕胤 賵 倬蹖乇賵丕賳 丕賵 (賲孬賱 丿蹖丕诏賵乇丕爻) 丕賳鬲賯丕丿 賲蹖 讴賳丿 (賲爻禺乇賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿) 賵 鬲賮讴乇丕鬲 噩丿蹖丿 乇丕 賲亘賳丕蹖 賮乇賵倬丕蹖卮蹖 丕禺賱丕賯蹖丕鬲 噩丕賲毓賴 賲蹖 丿丕賳丿. 胤乇夭 鬲賮讴乇蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 丕亘乇賴丕 亘賱丕賴鬲 賵 爻丕丿賴 丕賳丿蹖卮蹖 丌乇蹖爻鬲賵賮丕賳爻 賲丨丕賮馗賴 讴丕乇 乇丕 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖 丿賴丿 丿乇 倬乇賳丿诏丕賳 亘賴 亘丕丿 丕賳鬲賯丕丿 诏乇賮鬲賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 乇爻蹖丿賳 亘賴 亘蹖賳卮蹖 噩丿蹖丿 倬丕蹖賴 亘賳丕蹖 丕蹖噩丕丿 噩丕賲毓賴 丕蹖 毓丕乇蹖 丕夭 鬲賮乇賯賴 賵 噩賳诏 賲蹖 卮賵丿.
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November 28, 2017
I read the George Theodoridis translation available here:


The only drawback to reading this version is that there are no annotations. It's a pretty accessible translation, so I understood most of it anyway, but I'd like to read an annotated version eventually, to see what I might have missed.

My favorite Aristophanes is still (I think I read the Lattimore translation) but this was fascinating. It's less explicitly political than , but very whimsical and imaginative. When I read earlier this year, the author had a great description of this play (in connection with the "ring of Gyges" story in Plato's Republic):

"A pair of idiots find themselves in the country of birds, where, to save their skins, they end up feathered and winged, organizing the birds into a political power. They start a bird-centric religion. The newly self-confident birds build a mighty fortress, Cloud Cuckooland, between the human world and Olympus... the gifts humans give the gods -- vaguely conceived of as aromas rising up out of the fires -- are embargoed. A deputation of Olympians (and one Thracian god, who can't speak Greek, or get his clothes on straight) come to Cuckooland on a diplomatic mission. They need this stuff they are used to getting from mortals on a regular basis!...

Also, when the humans-turned-birds find their new condition convenient, they reflect on why this is so. If you have powers no ordinary mortals do -- in this case, flight -- they can't touch you. Obviously you will get up to all sorts of unethical stuff, if there is no threat of punishment..."
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