The Wasps (Greek: Σφῆκες Sphēkes) is the fourth in chronological order of the eleven surviving plays by Aristophanes the master of an ancient genre of drama called ‘Old Comedy’. It was produced at the Lenaia festival in 422 BC a time when Athens was enjoying a brief respite from The Peloponnesian War following a one year truce with Sparta.
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Aristophanes
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Silent Roles, *A baking-woman, *A citizen, *A reveller, *Anticleon (Bdelycleon) a young Athenian, *Chaerephon the philososper, *Cooking Utensils witnesses at trial of Second Dog, *Dardanis flute girl, *First Dog, *Masyntias household slave, *Midas household slave, *Phryx household slave, *Procleon (Philocleon) his father, *Puppies children to Second Dog, *Revellers, *Second Dog (Labes), *Sosias their household slave, *Three Sons of Carcinus, *Witnesses brought by the Citizen, *Xanthias another household slave
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