The Birds

Title
  • The Birds
AuthorAristophanes
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LanguagesEnglish;
Editorial Practice
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OTA keywordsComedies
LC keywordsGreek drama (Comedy)
Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
Athens (Greece)--History
Extent
  • designation: CollectionText
  • size: 1 file: ca. 805 kb
Creation Date1982-present
Source Description Birds / edited with translation and notes by Alan H. Sommerstein — Birds. English [and] Greek. Aristophanes Sommerstein, Alan H. translator Sommerstein, Alan H. xv, 311 p. ill. : plate, chart ; 22 cm. Aris and Phillips Warminster: 1987 085668287X

Aristophanes. Works. English [and] Greek. 1980 ; 6

[Note: Text in Greek with English translation on the opposite page] [Note: Translation of: Ornithes]
Notes
  • Mode of access: Online. AHDS website
  • Title proper taken from AHDS Catalogue Form
  • The Birds was first produced at the drama festival in 414 BC, where it won second prize. At this period, during the Peloponnesian War, Athens was very powerful and confident, having just launched the expedition to Sicily, fully expecting to triumph in that venture and in the larger war.
  • Also available at: http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/aristophanes/birds.htm