Two Athenians persuade the birds to build a city in the sky between men and gods. Aristophanes's soaring fantastical comedy.
Books that mention The Birds (3)
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea by Emily Wilson: “the founding of an ideal society, minus the humans (in Birds)”
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon: ““New commission,” says Alekto. “Aristophanes’s The Birds. … There’s going to be a comedy festival all winter.””
Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes: “Then there's Pericles's speech coming on in Thucydides, and 'The Birds' to get up for the examination, besides the Tacitus."”