Birds. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.
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Chorus: To Hera of Olympus once
Chorus: of the high-throned ones
Chorus: a great ruler for the gods
Chorus: The Fates have lulled [us] to sleep together.
Chorus: In such a wedding feast.
1735
Chorus: Hymen, O Hymenaeus, O,
Chorus: Hymen, O Hymenaeus, O!
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English (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) (English) (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.)
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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.) — 1731 focus
Chorus
'Twas
1735
in the midst of such festivities that the Fates formerly united Olympian Hera to the King who governs the gods from the summit of his inaccessible throne. Oh! Hymen! oh! Hymenaeus!
'Twas
1735
in the midst of such festivities that the Fates formerly united Olympian Hera to the King who governs the gods from the summit of his inaccessible throne. Oh! Hymen! oh! Hymenaeus!