Some Bibliography on Aristophanes’ Birds
Illustration: A pigeon perches on Doric Column Capital.
Fragment of a wine-mixing bowl of the Classical period. Red Figure. Athens. Agora.
“Atheism, Impiety and the Limos Melios in Aristophanes’ Birds” by Frank E. Romer. American Journal of Philology 115 (1994) 351-365.
In the Birds, the concept “Melian” is deeply programmatic, and Diagoras the Melian and the Limos Melios are inseparable ideas to the extent that the mention of either recalls the other.Full Text Version on JSTOR.ORG: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9475%28199423%29115%3A3%3C351%3AAIATLM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P
“Alcibiades at Sparta: Aristophanes’ Birds” by Michael Vickers Classical Quarterly. Oxford: 1995. Vol. 45, Iss. 2; pg. 339, 26 pgs
Current scholarship surrounding Aristophanes’ “Birds” is firmly in the hands of those who are antipathetic to seeing the creation of Cloudcuckooland in terms of a political allegory. Pierre Brumoy’s allegorical treatment of the work is examined.
“Peisetaerus’ ‘Satyric’ treatment of Iris: Aristophanes’
Birds 1253-6″ By E. W. Sharffenberger. Journal of Hellenic Studies. London: 1995. Vol. 115 pg. 172
The rape of Iris by satyrs depicted on vases dating to the 5th century may be the source of the encounter with Peisetaerus in Aristophanes’ “Birds.” The source of the scene is explored.
“Birds, “Meniskoi,” and Head Attributes in Archaic Greece” by Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway. American Journal of Archaeology. Boston: Oct 1990. Vol. 94, Iss. 4; pg. 583
Metal attachments on Archaic sculpture were researched,
and results indicated that the “meniskoi” Aristophanes mentioned as protection against birds may be a pun or allusion that modern-day society cannot understand. Identification can only be made on a case-by-case basis,
but a reasonable suggestion is that most kouroi and korai represented divine beings, whose distinctive headdresses served as identifiers for the ancient viewers.
“The tragic and the comic Tereus” by Gregory Dobrov. American Journal of Philology. Baltimore: Summer 1993. Vol. 114, Iss. 2; pg. 189
The character Tereus in Aristophanes’ “Birds” is discussed. Aristophanes appears to have made Tereus a benevolent bridge between the Athenians and the comic Beyond.
“The Birds of Aristophanes – A Source Book for
Old Beliefs” by J. R. T. Pollard The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 69, No. 4. (1948), pp. 353-376.
We can use this play to learn about the legends and beliefs about birds and gods in Athens of the 5th century BCE.Full Text Version on JSTOR.ORG: Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9475%281948%2969%3A4%3C353%3ATBOA-A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9
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