Comedy · 1924

The Wasps

A comedy first produced at Athens in 422 BC

by Aristophanes

Translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers (1924)

Philocleon, an old Athenian addicted to sitting on juries, is kept shut up at home by his son Bdelycleon, who tries to cure him by holding a mock trial in the house (the dog Labes is charged with stealing a cheese) and by teaching him the manners of a gentleman, with riotous results.

Contents · 9 parts

• Persons of the Play7 lines
• Lines 1–221about 250 lines
• Lines 221–396about 290 lines
• Lines 396–565about 310 lines
• Lines 565–700about 250 lines
• Lines 700–909about 270 lines
• Lines 909–1105about 280 lines
• Lines 1105–1316about 260 lines
• Lines 1316–1537about 240 lines

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