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Works of Aristophanes: The Birds (414 B.C.)

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Aristophanes

Aristophanes
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Birds (414 B.C.)

Background:

The Birds was presented at the Lenaea, where it won second prize. Its
theme has been variously interpreted as an escape to a utopia, a peace play, a
political play, or just plain fancy. The Birds may contain elements of these
motifs, but only partially and inconclusively. Between this comedy and Peace
there is a six-year hiatus in our knowledge of Aristophanes: whether he wrote
and what he wrote can only be conjecture. The Birds, however, is Aristophanes'
longest play, certainly his most lyrical, and considered by some to be ...

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