Birds and Other Plays

Two cunning Athenians persuade the birds to build the utopian city of 'Much Cuckoo in the Clouds' in the sky, blockading the Olympian gods and installing themselves as new deities. The Knights is a venomous satire on Cleon, a prominent Athenian demagogue, who vies with a humble sausage-seller for the approval of the people.

Doi atenieni vicleni conving pasarile sa construiasca pe cer orasul utopic ,,Mult cuc in nori", blocand zeii olimpici si instalandu-se ca noi zeitati. Cavalerii este o satira veninoasa a lui Cleon, un proeminent demagog atenian, care concureaza cu un umil vanzator de carnati pentru aprobarea poporului.