id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 3013 Aristophanes The Birds .txt text/plain 21622 2481 88 Euelpides and Pisthetaerus, two old Athenians, Epops (the hoopoe), sometime called Tereus, and now King of the Birds, EUELPIDES This is, then, truly a running-bird.(1) Come, Trochilus, do us PISTHETAERUS Aye, indeed; 'tis a foreign bird too. PISTHETAERUS It was not the gods, but the birds, who were formerly the PISTHETAERUS First I advise that the birds gather together in one city PISTHETAERUS Why, the birds, by Zeus, will add three hundred years to f(1) Pisthetaerus and Euelpides now both return with wings. PISTHETAERUS Let us address our sacrifices and our prayers to the winged PISTHETAERUS Men now adore the birds as gods, and 'tis to them, by Zeus, PISTHETAERUS Will you stay with us and form a chorus of winged birds as PISTHETAERUS 'Tis I, but you must tell me for what purpose you want PISTHETAERUS 'Tis just my words that give you wings. ./cache/3013.txt ./txt/3013.txt