The Birds, ll. 685-687 (414 BC) [tr. O'Neill (1938)] - Aristophanes | WIST Quotations
LEADER OF THE CHORUS: Weak mortals, chained to the earth, creatures of clay as frail as the foliage of the woods, you unfortunate race, whose life is but darkness, as unreal as a shadow, the illusion of a dream.Full text.Alt. trans.: Frere (1839) (text): "CHORUS (LEADER): Ye Children of Man! whose life is…
