The Birds
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The Birds (Greek: Ornithes) is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes in 414 BC, and performed that year for the Festival of Dionysus.
Unlike most of Aristophanes' plays, The Birds does not attack any specific person or event. However, it is likely inspired by the Athenian invasion of the Greek colonies in Sicily in 415 BC. The Sicilian colonies supported Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, and Alcibiades, the main supporter of the invasion, had been ordered to return to...
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