Aristophanes, Birds, 327

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Chorus: 'Ea, ea,'

Chorus: We have been betrayed, and we have suffered impiety.

Chorus: for he who was a friend and was brought up with us

Chorus: they grazed the meadows near us,

330

Chorus: They did indeed violate ancient laws,

Chorus: but they broke the oaths of the birds;

Chorus: and he invited me into a trap and placed me beside it.

Chorus: an impious race, which arose against me.

Chorus: he was brought up as an enemy.

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Birds. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

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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.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)

Ὄρνιθες Perseus (Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae, Vol. 1. Hall, F. W. and Geldart, William M., editors. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1906.) — 327 focus

Χορός

ἔα ἔα,

προδεδόμεθʼ ἀνόσιά τʼ ἐπάθομεν·

ὃς γὰρ φίλος ἦν ὁμότροφά θʼ ἡμῖν

ἐνέμετο πεδία παρʼ ἡμῖν,
330

παρέβη μὲν θεσμοὺς ἀρχαίους,

παρέβη δʼ ὅρκους ὀρνίθων·

ἐς δὲ δόλον ἐκάλεσε, παρέβαλέ τʼ ἐμὲ παρὰ

γένος ἀνόσιον, ὅπερ ἐξότʼ ἐγένετʼ ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ

πολέμιον ἐτράφη.
335

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.) — 327 focus

Chorus
Singing.

Ah! ah! we are betrayed; 'tis sacrilege! Our friend, 330 he who picked up corn-seeds in the same plains as ourselves, has violated our ancient laws; he has broken the oaths that bind all birds; he has laid a snare for me, he has handed us over to the attacks of that impious race which, throughout all time, 335 has never ceased to war against us.

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