How long does it take to read Birds?
Birds by Aristophanes takes about 3 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1824. 172 pages, about 47,300 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 83 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Voyages to the otherworld, Dionysus (Greek deity), Women and peace, Dramatists, Imaginary societies, Playwriting
