The Birds

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The Birds
Aristophanes
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What's the purpose of your journey? Why these splendid buskins?
METON I want to survey the plains of the air for you and to parcel theminto lots.
PISTHETAERUS In the name of the gods, who are you?
METON Who am I? Meton, known throughout Greece and at Colonus. (1) f(1) A deme contiguous to Athens. It is as though he said, "Well knownthroughout all England and at Croydon.
PISTHETAERUS What are these things?
METON Tools for measuring the air. In truth, the spaces in the air haveprecisely the form
...of a furnace. With this bent ruler I draw a linefrom top to bottom; from one of its points I describe a circle with thecompass. Do you understand?
PISTHETAERUS Not the very least.
METON With the straight ruler I set to work to inscribe a square withinthis circle; in its centre will be the market-place, into which allthe straight streets will lead, converging to this centre like a star, which, although only orbicular, sends forth its rays in a straight linefrom all sides.
PISTHETAERUS Meton, you new Thales.


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