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270-Greek Myths: Cloud Cuckoo Land

Myths and Legends

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Pisthaterus, the President of Birds

Pisthaterus said that once they were kings and queens, lords over all creation of humans. The birds were the gods, but their history was stripped from their minds through long years of being hunted and eaten by those that should serve them. In fact, both humans and birds were kept down by others, forced to fight, so that they never realized the truth. They could be like the gods. He asked only one thing when he was finished, a vote. Either they accepted what he said and made pisthatorus the president of birds, or they could tear him in his companion to pieces.

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