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From: The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
Date: 19960101
Author:M. C. HOWATSON and IAN CHILVERS
Birds ( Ornithes , Lat. Aves ),
Greek comedy by Aristophanes which won second prize at the City Dionysia in 414 BC. In 415 the Athenian fleet had set out on the Sicilian Expedition and its success was still in the balance. The Birds is an escapist fantasy in which two Athenians, Peisetairos (‘the persuader’) and Euelpides (‘the optimist’), dissatisfied with life in Athens and its endless lawsuits, go to look for the mythical Tereus (see PHILOMELA ) who has been turned into a bird and might know of a more suitable place to live. Tereus suggests various countries, ...Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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