The Birds
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- The Birds (Greek: Ὄρνιθες, translit. Órnithes) 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. It has been acclaimed by modern critics as a perfectly realized fantasy remarkable for its mimicry of birds and for the gaiety of its songs. Unlike the author´s other early plays, it includes no direct mention of the Peloponnesian War and there are few references to Athenian politics, and yet it was staged not long after the commencement of the Sicilian Expedition, an ambitious military campaign that greatly increased Athenian commitment to the war effort. In spite of that, the play has many indirect references to Athenian political and social life. It is the longest of Aristophanes´s surviving plays and yet it is a fairly conventional example of Old Comedy.
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Treufreund zu den Vögeln sprechend
In einem waldigen, felsigen...
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Image: Freies Deutsches Hochstift / Frankfurter Goethe-Museum - CC BY-NC-SA -
Treufreund zu den Vögeln sprechend
In einem waldigen, felsigen...
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Image: Freies Deutsches Hochstift / Frankfurter Goethe-Museum - CC BY-NC-SA -
Schauspieler im Vogelkostüm
Nahezu singulär ist die...
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Image: Museum August Kestner - CC BY-NC-SA
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