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/ Dramatis Personae / Euelpides / Pisthetaerus / Epops (the Hoopoe) / Trochilus, Servant to Epops / Phoenicopterus / Heralds / A priest / A poet / A prophet / Meton, a Geometrician / A commissioner / A dealer in decrees / Iris / A parricide / Cinesias, a Dithyrambic Bard / An informer / Prometheus / Posidon / Triballus / Heracles / Slaves of Pisthetaerus / Messengers / Chorus of birds
Scene: A wild, desolate tract of open country; broken rocks and brushwood occupy the centre of the stage.