Birds
Translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers
2 translations in Sphinx
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The opening
SCENE:
A wild, desolate tract of open country; broken rocks and brushwood occupy the centre of the stage.
EUELPIDES (TO HIS JAY) Do you think I should walk straight for yon tree?
PISTHETAERUS (TO HIS CROW) Cursed beast, what are you croaking to me?... to retrace my steps?
EUELPIDES Why, you wretch, we are wandering at random, we are exerting ourselves only to return to the same spot; ’tis labour lost.
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About this edition
- The words
- Benjamin Bickley Rogers's English translation, copied word for word.
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- Left out
- The source library's header, footer and license, in 3 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 3 places
- A preface, foreword or afterword
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers