Birds. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.
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Chorus: quickly, then, this city of many men
Chorus: Someone is calling among men.
Pisthetaerus: Let it be by mere chance.
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Chorus: Loves hold our city.
Pisthetaerus: I order you to bring it faster.
Chorus: for what is not possible here?
Chorus: Is it good for a man to move house?
Chorus: Wisdom, Desire, Ambrosia, Graces
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Chorus: and the peace of the gentle-minded
Chorus: a happy face.
Pisthetaerus: How foolishly you serve!
Pisthetaerus: Will you not get there sooner?
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Editions (1)
Ὄρνιθες Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 1313 focus
Χορός
ταχὺ δὴ πολυάνορα τάνδε πόλιν
καλεῖ τις ἀνθρώπων.
ταχὺ δὴ πολυάνορα τάνδε πόλιν
καλεῖ τις ἀνθρώπων.
Πισθέταιρος
τύχη μόνον προσείη.
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τύχη μόνον προσείη.
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Χορός
κατέχουσι δʼ ἔρωτες ἐμᾶς πόλεως.
κατέχουσι δʼ ἔρωτες ἐμᾶς πόλεως.
Πισθέταιρος
θάττον φέρειν κελεύω.
θάττον φέρειν κελεύω.
Χορός
τί γὰρ οὐκ ἔνι ταύτῃ
καλὸν ἀνδρὶ μετοικεῖν;
Σοφία Πόθος Ἀμβροσία Χάριτες
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τό τε τῆς ἀγανόφρονος Ἡσυχίας
εὐήμερον πρόσωπον.
τί γὰρ οὐκ ἔνι ταύτῃ
καλὸν ἀνδρὶ μετοικεῖν;
Σοφία Πόθος Ἀμβροσία Χάριτες
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τό τε τῆς ἀγανόφρονος Ἡσυχίας
εὐήμερον πρόσωπον.
Πισθέταιρος
ὡς βλακικῶς διακονεῖς·
οὐ θᾶττον ἐγκονήσεις;
ὡς βλακικῶς διακονεῖς·
οὐ θᾶττον ἐγκονήσεις;
Translations (2)
Birds Perseus (Aristophanes. The Complete Greek Drama, Vol. 2. Anonymous, translator. O'Neill, Eugene; Oates, Whitney Jennings, editors. New York: Random House, 1938 (printing).)
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Birds (OCR draft) Experimental (Anonymous translation, 1938 compilation; legacy Perseus source migration. Preserved separately from the revised canonical perseus-eng2 at the project owner's request.) — 1313 focus
Chorus
Singing.
This town will soon be inhabited by a crowd of men.
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Fortune favours us alone and thus they have fallen in love with our city.
This town will soon be inhabited by a crowd of men.
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Fortune favours us alone and thus they have fallen in love with our city.
Pisthetaerus
To the slave Manes, who brings in a basket full of wings.
Come, hurry up and bring them along.
Come, hurry up and bring them along.
Chorus
Will not man find here everything that can please him —
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wisdom, love, the divine Graces, the sweet face of gentle peace?
Will not man find here everything that can please him —
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wisdom, love, the divine Graces, the sweet face of gentle peace?
Pisthetaerus
As Manes comes in with another basket.
Oh! you lazy servant! won't you hurry yourself?
Oh! you lazy servant! won't you hurry yourself?