The Birds by Aristophanes
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stadium prize?[2]
f[1] Cleonymus had cast away his shield; he was as great a glutton as he was a coward. f[2] A race in which the track had to be circled twice. EPOPS They are like the Carians, who cling to the crests of their mountains for greater safety.[1] f[1] A people of Asia Minor; when pursued by the Ionians they took refuge in the mountains. PISTHETAERUS Oh, Posidon! do you see what swarms of birds are gathering here? EUELPIDES By Phoebus! what a cloud! The entrance to the stage is no longer visible, so closely do they fly together. PISTHETAERUS Here is the partridge. EUELPIDES Faith! there is the francolin. PISTHETAERUS There is the poachard. EUELPIDES |
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