Birds. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.
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Chorus: But on whatever matter you have come to persuade me of your opinion,
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Chorus: speak with confidence; we will not be the first to break the libations.
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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.) — 460 focus
Leader of the Chorus
460
But what object can have induced you to come among us? Speak boldly, for I shall not break the truce, —until you have told us all.
460
But what object can have induced you to come among us? Speak boldly, for I shall not break the truce, —until you have told us all.