The Wasps is a play written by the lone representative of Ancient Greece's Old Attic Comedy, Aristophanes (c. 445 - c. 386 BCE). It won second place at the Lenaea competition in 422 BCE. Written in two acts, the play focuses on a reoccurring theme, the tension between the old and new.
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c. 460 BCE - c. 380 BCELife of Greek comic poet Aristophanes.
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422 BCEThe Wasps by Aristophanes is first performed.
