# Cinesias — The Birds character guide

> Cinesias in The Birds by Aristophanes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cinesias Singing

**First appearance:** 0002-the-birds

## Who they are

Dithyrambic poet who visits the birds seeking inspiration and is mocked.

## Relationships

### [Pisthetaerus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_birds_se/characters/pisthetaerus)

_professional_

Cinesias, a dithyrambic poet, comes to Pisthetaerus seeking wings to fly and gather poetic inspiration, but is ridiculed and dismissed.

### [Pisthetaerus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_birds_se/characters/pisthetaerus)

_professional_

Cinesias, a dithyrambic poet, comes to Pisthetaerus seeking wings to fly and gather poetic inspiration, but is ridiculed and dismissed.

## Links

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