Increasing knowledge: Why did the ancient Greeks love birds?

In ancient Greece, people thought that birds were the carrier connecting the earth and the sky, the medium connecting man and God, and the carrier of God's miracles. Therefore, they divined by listening to birds calling. In ancient Greek tragedies, a blind prophet named Tiresias often appeared. He knows everything with a crutch with a bird's head. He can predict the fate of the hero and warn his behavior through bird language. The ancients admired birds so much that in the mythical world of ancient Greece, the gods also owned birds as their own beasts. Zeus's beast is an eagle, Athena's beast is an owl, and the peacock symbolizes Hera. Aristophanes, the "father of comedy" in ancient Greece, also wrote a comedy "Birds" to praise this lovely creature between heaven and earth.