Leader Of The Chorus: Let's see. What shall our city be called?
Euelpides: Some name borrowed from the clouds, from these lofty regions in which we dwell — in short, some well-known name.
Pisthetaerus: Do you like Nephelococcygia?


Birds (414 BC), line 812 & 817-819 [tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus]

Aristophanes Quotes

Leader of the Chorus: Let's see. What shall our city be called? Euelpides: Some name borrowed from the clouds, from these lofty regions in which we...

Leader of the Chorus: Let's see. What shall our city be called? Euelpides: Some name borrowed from the clouds, from these lofty regions in which we...

Leader of the Chorus: Let's see. What shall our city be called? Euelpides: Some name borrowed from the clouds, from these lofty regions in which we...

Leader of the Chorus: Let's see. What shall our city be called? Euelpides: Some name borrowed from the clouds, from these lofty regions in which we...