The Wasps

The Wasps () is the 4th of the 11 plays by Aristophanes. It was made at the Lenaia festival in 422 BC.

In the play, he uses satire against one of the generals in Athens, Cleon. He also ridicules law courts. Cleon also had power in these courts. The play is thought to use "Old Comedy".Amnon Kabatchnik, Blood on the Stage, 480 B.C. to 1600 A.D.: Milestone Plays of Murder, Mystery, and Mayhem, p. 55.

Translations
 William James Hickie, 1853 – prose, full text
 Benjamin B. Rogers, 1924 – verse, full text
 Arthur S. Way, 1934 – verse
 Douglass Parker, 1962 – verse
 Alan H. Sommerstein, 1983 – prose and verse
 Unknown translator – prose: full text
 Peter Meineck, 1998 – prose
 George Theodoridis, 2007 – prose: full text
 The Atticist, 2018 – prose and verse with commentary: full text
 Moses Hadas: available for digital loan

References

Category:Plays
Category:4th-century BC plays