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    <body><![CDATA[I checked this out before seeing the LA Opera production of the opera based on the play - the play is a lot more pointed and silly/funny than the opera was. Opera was rather surrealist and dreamy. I plan to re-read some of his other plays...but am out of renewals so gotta give the book back to the l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60306395">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was really good.  It really got me contemplating about the form, use, and merit of comedy.  the birds is a fantastic metaphor, and should be read in conjunction with the clouds.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not an afficianado of Greek theatre, but this one I found quite colorful. Commentary on different groups in society is achieved with different sets of...let's see, what was it? Oh yeah, birds.<br/><br/>It also introduced me to the importance of picking a good translation. Generally, it's best ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59949163">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[También leímos Salto al Cielo, versión argentina]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[To anyone who thinks it impossible to find a Greek playwright humorous in the 21st century: read anything by Aristophanes.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[ `The commentary elucidates with an expert's knowledge of syntax, meter &amp; artifacts...The volume will remain authoritative for generations.'-Religious Studies Review<br/>  Birds is one of Aristophanes' masterpieces of imaginative lyrics &amp; plot, the source of `Cloudcuckooland'. This abridges Nan Dunbar's 1995 edition, the 1st comprehensive edition in any language. The abridged version retains material designed to help less advanced Greek students &amp; laypersons to translate, understand &amp; enjoy it. It retains staging notes. Metrical, textual &amp; ornithological problems are summarily treated. Purely illustrative parallels are omitted. An introduction covers the same ground as the full edition, omitting details about ms interrelations.]]>
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