Word: violoncellist
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...essayed his new wings in a series of extremely ridiculous attempts at flight from the top of the alter, each ending, of course, in disastrous collapse. The Birds were constantly engaged in some comical tricks, one of them going so far so to peck the long hair of the violoncellist in the orchestra, to the great amusement of the audience and the embarrassment of the worthy man. Herakles drank off the contents of the saucepan in which Peithetairos was cooking, when the latter's back was turned; and Prometheus, hiding Zeus under the sunshade, introduced as much comic "business...