# Philocles — The Birds character guide

> Philocles in The Birds by Aristophanes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Philocles the lark

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

## Who they are

Tragic poet, mocked as a bird-like figure.

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