The Conference of the Birds comb The great plays of Ancient

The great plays of Ancient Greece are among the most enduring and important legacies of the Western world

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have been faced with complex questions of historical authenticity

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"possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override

The Conference of the Birds comb The great plays of AncientComposed in the twelfth century in north eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvelous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king, the Simorgh bird. On hearing that to