Welcome to Litsy!

As translator Aaron Poochigian summarizes in the intro, " Considering life in Athens litigious & stressful, two Athenians, Peisthetaerus & Euelpides, head into the wilderness to find Tereus the Hoopoe, leader of the birds, & to make their home there." Peisthetaerus & Euelpides convince Tereus & the other birds to build Cloudcuckooland, a grand border city between humans & the Gods to regain their mythical majesty. A zany comedy w/ some ?

I love the absurdist, fantastic elements of this political & social satire. It combines elements of fantasy in unique ways & birds make for interesting overlords! Nothing beats Prometheus arriving at the city of birds hidden first underneath a blanket & thereafter under an umbrella because he is God-enemy number one & can't be seen by Zeus or his henchmen. "There isn't a god following me, is there?" he asks, & I haven't been able to stop laughing.

Surprisingly fun (and still genuinely funny) play! I had a great time reading this and, the way things are going, I wouldn't mind hiding from it all in Cloud Cuckoo Land if it keeps going!

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war; and this lesson saves their children, their homes, and their properties.