COMPLETE[PLAY]Birds by Aristophanes - thw

[Ariphron]

I'd like to take Peithetaerus.

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[pyledriver]

I'll take Euelpides, all three appearances.

[ToddHW]

There is a great writeup about Aristophanes and his plays in the etext for another Librivox project.

https://librivox.org/library-of-the-worlds-best-literature-ancient-and-modern-volume-2-by-various/

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/12788/12788-h/12788-h.htm#ARISTOPHANES

It says that the two main characters' names can be rendered as Peisthetærus (Plausible) and Euelpides (Hopeful)

'The Birds,' B.C. 414. Peisthetærus (Plausible) and Euelpides (Hopeful), whose names and deeds are perhaps a satire on the unbounded ambition that brought ruin on Athens at Syracuse, journey to Birdland and persuade King Hoopoe to induce the birds to build Nephelococcygia or Cloud-Cuckoo-Burgh in the air between the gods and men, starve out the gods with a "Melian famine," and rule the world themselves. The gods, their supplies of incense cut off, are forced to treat, and Peisthetærus receives in marriage Basileia (Sovereignty), the daughter of Zeus. The mise en scène, with the gorgeous plumage of the bird-chorus, must have been very impressive, and many of the choric songs are exceedingly beautiful. There is an interesting account by Professor Jebb in the Fortnightly Review (Vol. xli.) of a performance of 'The Birds' at Cambridge in 1884.

Thanks, Todd

[Andrea42]

Hi, could I please claim A Would-Be Parracide?
Thank you!

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[MrsHand]

Todd, here's Meton, pretty hoarse the guy...

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/birds_meton_2.mp3

If you don't mind (and after listening to the file, of course), I'd also like to claim Iris from episode 3. I promise to wait with recording until I sound like my usual self again.

Meton is PL OK!

[MrsHand]

Here is Triballion:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/birds_triballion_4.mp3 (0 mins, 34 secs)

I wasn't sure what to put for the act number because it lists multiple in the same section so I just put 4 as was the first

Triballion is PL OK!

[RitaBoutros]

Hello - I hear the role of soothsayer calling to me. I don't think it's been claimed yet. If not, please put me in. Thanks

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[redrun]

And if I may, I'll take the Poet in episode 2. It behooves all folk to dress in layers, from earthbound smiths, to feathered players.

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[RitaBoutros]

May I also claim Herakleas, although I don't see any lines in Exodos.

[ToddHW]

Episodes 4, 5, and Exodus are all one section - you may have lines in one, two, or all of the parts there.

Thanks, Todd

[RitaBoutros]

Ok thanks