Comedy · 1924

The Birds

A comedy first produced at Athens in 414 BC

by Aristophanes

Translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers (1924)

Two Athenians, sick of the law-courts, persuade the birds to build a walled city in the air, Cloudcuckoobury, which starves the gods of sacrifice until Zeus sends envoys and Peisthetaerus wins his sceptre and a royal bride.

Contents · 10 parts

• Persons of the Play9 lines
• Lines 1–200about 250 lines
• Lines 201–411about 320 lines
• Lines 412–569about 260 lines
• Lines 570–814about 390 lines
• Lines 814–1003about 230 lines
• Lines 1003–1205about 270 lines
• Lines 1205–1394about 200 lines
• Lines 1394–1586about 230 lines
• Lines 1586–1765about 200 lines

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