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Their search is successful, but Tereus finds it hard to satisfy his visitors, as no city on Earth seems to quite meet their demands. At this point, Peisthetairos comes up with a brilliant idea: Why not stay with the birds? Not only is life as a bird paradisical, so Peistethairos considers, but he also convinces Tereus that, if only the birds would combine their strength and discover ptheir true power, they could rule the entire Earth.
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Their search is successful, but Tereus finds it hard to satisfy his visitors, as no city on Earth seems to quite meet their demands. At this point, Peisthetairos comes up with a brilliant idea: Why not stay with the birds? Not only is life as a bird paradisical, so Peistethairos considers, but he also convinces Tereus that, if only the birds would combine their strength and discover ptheir their true power, they could rule the entire Earth.
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Their search is successful, but Tereus finds it hard to satisfy his visitors, as no city on Earth seems to quite meet their demands. At this point, Peisthetairos comes up with a brilliant idea: Why not stay with the birds? Not only is life as a bird paradisical, so Peistethairos considers, but he also convinces Tereus that, if only the birds would combine their strength and discover their ptheir true power, they could rule the entire Earth.
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* WhipItGood: A summoner comes to {{Cloudcuckooland}} hoping to get wings so he can: fly to the isles with a summons, fly back and hold the trial before the defendant gets there ([[KangarooCourt so that the court automatically finds against the defendant]]), and then fly back to the isle in question, while the defendant is ''still en route to the trial that's now over'' and [[AmoralAttorney help himself to whatever the judge says is forfeit]]. Peisthetaerus produces a whip and send him packing in short order.
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-->''If you don’t vote for us, you should prepare\\
some little metal plates to guard your head.\\
You’ll need to wear them, just like statues do.\\
For those of you without that head plate on,\\
when you dress up in fine white brand-new clothes,\\
the birds will crap on as a punishment.''
some little metal plates to guard your head.\\
You’ll need to wear them, just like statues do.\\
For those of you without that head plate on,\\
when you dress up in fine white brand-new clothes,\\
the birds will crap on as a punishment.''
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* BirdPoopGag: At one point the chorus (dressed up as birds) addresses the jurors of the play contest and urges them to award the first prize to ''The Birds''. If they won't, then birds will bombard them with their droppings whenever they wear fine clothes.
-->''If you don’t vote for us, you should prepare\\
some little metal plates to guard your head.\\
You’ll need to wear them, just like statues do.\\
For those of you without that head plate on,\\
when you dress up in fine white brand-new clothes,\\
the birds will crap on as a punishment.''
-->''If you don’t vote for us, you should prepare\\
some little metal plates to guard your head.\\
You’ll need to wear them, just like statues do.\\
For those of you without that head plate on,\\
when you dress up in fine white brand-new clothes,\\
the birds will crap on as a punishment.''
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The chorus promises all manner of benefits if the play wins the prize. If not, prepare to be bird-bombed.[[labelnote:*]]It won second prize.[[/labelnote]]
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The chorus promises all manner of benefits if the play wins the prize. If not, prepare to be bird-bombed.[[labelnote:*]]It [[note]]It won second prize.[[/labelnote]][[/note]]
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* AnimalGenderBender: The nightingale is said to be female, but still sings. [[ScienceMarchesOn Ancient Greek scholars actually believed that female nightingales sing]].
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Not to be confused with Creator/AlfredHitchcock's [[Film/TheBirds film of the same name]] released milleniums later.
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Not to be confused with Creator/AlfredHitchcock's [[Film/TheBirds film of the same name]] released milleniums millenia later.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The chorus promises all manner of benefits if the play wins the prize. If not, prepare to be bird-bombed.[[labelnote:*]]It won second prize.[[/labelnote]]
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* KarmaHoudini: PlayedForLaughs. Despite Tereus' rape of his sister-in-law and Procne's OffingTheOffspring in a revenge plan, they have fared well in the avian world.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: Discussed when a short-sighted youth is interested in becoming an eagle for this reason. Peisthetairos dissuades him.
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** The play also includes not one but two jabs at [[FatBastard Fat]] [[DirtyCoward Coward]] Cleonymos.
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Not to be confused with Creator/AlfredHitchcock's [[Film/TheBirds film of the same name]] released milleniums later.
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* NonMammalMammaries: Males variant: the Rooster King's costume incorporates a GagPenis.
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* NonMammalMammaries: Males variant: the Rooster King's costume incorporates Ribald versions of this play contain references to a GagPenis.rooster's morning ''erection''.
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* NonMammalMammaries: Males variant: the Rooster King's costume incorporates a GagPenis.
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Thus commences the building of the mighty city of Cloudcuckooland (''Νεφελοκοκκυγία -- Nephelokokkygia''), occupying the space between heaven and earth. And before you know it, the birds lay blockade to the air so the steam of humanity's sacrifices can no longer rise to Mount Olympus. Famine brings the gods to their knees, and Zeus finds it advisable to negotiate. But are the three emissaries he choses, Poseidon, Heracles and the barbarian god Triballos, really the right men for the job?
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Thus commences the building of the mighty city of Cloudcuckooland (''Νεφελοκοκκυγία -- Nephelokokkygia''), occupying the space between heaven and earth. And before you know it, the birds lay blockade to the air so the steam of humanity's sacrifices can no longer rise to Mount Olympus. Famine brings the gods to their knees, and Zeus finds it advisable to negotiate. But are the three emissaries he choses, chooses, Poseidon, Heracles and the barbarian god Triballos, really the right men for the job?
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Available as an e-book from [[http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/aristophanes/birds.htm various]] [[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=3013 sources]].
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Available as an a free e-book from [[http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/aristophanes/birds.htm various]] [[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=3013 sources]].
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Thus commences the building of the mighty city of Cloudcuckooland, occupying the space between heaven and earth. And before you know it, the birds lay blockade to the air so the steam of humanity's sacrifices can no longer rise to Mount Olympus. Famine brings the gods to their knees, and Zeus finds it advisable to negotiate. But are the three emissaries he choses, Poseidon, Heracles and the barbarian god Triballos, really the right men for the job?
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Thus commences the building of the mighty city of Cloudcuckooland, Cloudcuckooland (''Νεφελοκοκκυγία -- Nephelokokkygia''), occupying the space between heaven and earth. And before you know it, the birds lay blockade to the air so the steam of humanity's sacrifices can no longer rise to Mount Olympus. Famine brings the gods to their knees, and Zeus finds it advisable to negotiate. But are the three emissaries he choses, Poseidon, Heracles and the barbarian god Triballos, really the right men for the job?
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Available as an e-book from [[http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/aristophanes/birds.htm various]] [[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=3013 sources]].
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* BringMyBrownPants
* DumbMuscle: Heracles fits this stereotype when he appears, for example as a member of the embassy to Cloudcuckooland in ''The Birds''.
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* BringMyBrownPants
BringMyBrownPants: Euelpides wets himself upon seeing Tereus' slave (a human-sized bird).
* DumbMuscle: Aristophanes' Heraclesfits this stereotype is positively not the brightest bulb in the box.
* EvilUncle: Invoked by Peisthetairos when heappears, for example as a member convinces Heracles that his uncle Poseidon wants to trick him out of the embassy to Cloudcuckooland in ''The Birds''.his inheritance.
* DumbMuscle: Aristophanes' Heracles
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* FunnyForeigner: Triballos, the "barbarian god" that is sent as an ambassador to Cloudcuckooland in ''The Birds''.
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* FoodAsBribe: The promise of a meal of roasted bird is enough for Heracles to trade away the sceptre of Zeus, and with it, the rule of the world to the birds.
* FunnyForeigner: Triballos, the "barbariangod" that is sent as an ambassador to Cloudcuckooland in ''The Birds''.god", speaks a horribly mangled Greek.
* GodNeedsPrayerBadly: Apparently the gods subside only on the steam of sacrifices rising from Earth below. When the birds intercept the sacrifical scents, they are screwed.
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* GodNeedsPrayerBadly: Apparently the gods subside only on the steam of sacrifices rising from Earth below. When the birds intercept the sacrifical scents, they are screwed.
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* MightyWhitey: Since his involuntary transformation into a bird, Tereus has taught the birds to speak Greek and is highly respected by them.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Triballos is the walking sum of all barbarian stereotypes, rather than any specific kind of barbarian.
* TakeOverTheWorld: With Peisthetairos as their brain, the birds assume control of the entire world.
* TakeThat: Tereus claims he is so ugly because Creator/{{Sophocles}} has "disfigured" him in his tragedy ''Tereus''.
* NonSpecificallyForeign: Triballos is the walking sum of all barbarian stereotypes, rather than any specific kind of barbarian.
* TakeOverTheWorld: With Peisthetairos as their brain, the birds assume control of the entire world.
* TakeThat: Tereus claims he is so ugly because Creator/{{Sophocles}} has "disfigured" him in his tragedy ''Tereus''.
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* WingedHumanoid: Iris, the messenger of the gods sent from Mount Olympus.
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* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: The use of a flute for nightingale song, due to the actor's lack of an oscine syrinx.
* BringMyBrownPants
* DumbMuscle: Heracles fits this stereotype when he appears, for example as a member of the embassy to Cloudcuckooland in ''The Birds''.
* FloatingContinent
* FunnyForeigner: Triballos, the "barbarian god" that is sent as an ambassador to Cloudcuckooland in ''The Birds''.
* GreekChorus
* TalkToTheFist, thou fraudulent soothsayer!
* WhipItGood: A summoner comes to {{Cloudcuckooland}} hoping to get wings so he can: fly to the isles with a summons, fly back and hold the trial before the defendant gets there ([[KangarooCourt so that the court automatically finds against the defendant]]), and then fly back to the isle in question, while the defendant is ''still en route to the trial that's now over'' and [[AmoralAttorney help himself to whatever the judge says is forfeit]]. Peisthetaerus produces a whip and send him packing in short order.
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* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: The use of a flute for nightingale song, due to the actor's lack of an oscine syrinx.
* BringMyBrownPants
* DumbMuscle: Heracles fits this stereotype when he appears, for example as a member of the embassy to Cloudcuckooland in ''The Birds''.
* FloatingContinent
* FunnyForeigner: Triballos, the "barbarian god" that is sent as an ambassador to Cloudcuckooland in ''The Birds''.
* GreekChorus
* TalkToTheFist, thou fraudulent soothsayer!
* WhipItGood: A summoner comes to {{Cloudcuckooland}} hoping to get wings so he can: fly to the isles with a summons, fly back and hold the trial before the defendant gets there ([[KangarooCourt so that the court automatically finds against the defendant]]), and then fly back to the isle in question, while the defendant is ''still en route to the trial that's now over'' and [[AmoralAttorney help himself to whatever the judge says is forfeit]]. Peisthetaerus produces a whip and send him packing in short order.
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''The Birds'' (original: ''Ὄρνιθες -- Ornithes'') is a comedy by Creator/{{Aristophanes}}, first performed in 414 BC in Athens.
Peisthetairos and Euelpides, two Athenians dissatisfied with their native city and willing to emigrate, search the wilderness for Tereus, the Thracian king that was turned into a hoopoe by the gods. For birds, the creatures of the air – so they believe – must naturally know the entire world, and thus Tereus, a bird, yet still capable of human speech, will be able to advise them where on Earth living is best.
Their search is successful, but Tereus finds it hard to satisfy his visitors, as no city on Earth seems to quite meet their demands. At this point, Peisthetairos comes up with a brilliant idea: Why not stay with the birds? Not only is life as a bird paradisical, so Peistethairos considers, but he also convinces Tereus that, if only the birds would combine their strength and discover their true power, they could rule the entire Earth.
Tereus summons an assembly of all birds to introduce them to Peisthetairos' grand vision. At first, the birds threaten to peck the human intruders to death, but eventually Tereus' prestige and Peisthetairos' eloquence turn their hostility into enthusiasm, especially as Peisthetairos and Euelpides agree to let themselves be turned into birds with a magic root.
Thus commences the building of the mighty city of Cloudcuckooland, occupying the space between heaven and earth. And before you know it, the birds lay blockade to the air so the steam of humanity's sacrifices can no longer rise to Mount Olympus. Famine brings the gods to their knees, and Zeus finds it advisable to negotiate. But are the three emissaries he choses, Poseidon, Heracles and the barbarian god Triballos, really the right men for the job?
... No.
The TropeNamer for {{Cloudcuckooland}}, though the Cloudcuckooland of ''The Birds'' is not strictly an example of the trope.
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Peisthetairos and Euelpides, two Athenians dissatisfied with their native city and willing to emigrate, search the wilderness for Tereus, the Thracian king that was turned into a hoopoe by the gods. For birds, the creatures of the air – so they believe – must naturally know the entire world, and thus Tereus, a bird, yet still capable of human speech, will be able to advise them where on Earth living is best.
Their search is successful, but Tereus finds it hard to satisfy his visitors, as no city on Earth seems to quite meet their demands. At this point, Peisthetairos comes up with a brilliant idea: Why not stay with the birds? Not only is life as a bird paradisical, so Peistethairos considers, but he also convinces Tereus that, if only the birds would combine their strength and discover their true power, they could rule the entire Earth.
Tereus summons an assembly of all birds to introduce them to Peisthetairos' grand vision. At first, the birds threaten to peck the human intruders to death, but eventually Tereus' prestige and Peisthetairos' eloquence turn their hostility into enthusiasm, especially as Peisthetairos and Euelpides agree to let themselves be turned into birds with a magic root.
Thus commences the building of the mighty city of Cloudcuckooland, occupying the space between heaven and earth. And before you know it, the birds lay blockade to the air so the steam of humanity's sacrifices can no longer rise to Mount Olympus. Famine brings the gods to their knees, and Zeus finds it advisable to negotiate. But are the three emissaries he choses, Poseidon, Heracles and the barbarian god Triballos, really the right men for the job?
... No.
The TropeNamer for {{Cloudcuckooland}}, though the Cloudcuckooland of ''The Birds'' is not strictly an example of the trope.
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