Part No. 7 - 'Wasps, Regents and Non-Regents, σφήκες οξυκαρδιόι': translation from Aristophanes' Wasps

Identity area

Reference code

R./1.75/No. 7

Title

'Wasps, Regents and Non-Regents, σφήκες οξυκαρδιόι': translation from Aristophanes' Wasps

Date(s)

  • 1 Feb. 1853 (Creation)

Level of description

Part

Extent and medium

1 folded sheet, MS.

Context area

Name of creator

Trinity College Library, Cambridge

Repository

Trinity College Library, Cambridge

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Greek text on left hand side, with date below, 'Kal. Febr. A. S. MDCCCLIII'. English translation on right, first line: 'But alas! we've drones amongst us, sitting each on easy Chair'. Note below: 'Specimen of a Translation of Aristophanes. Subscriptions… read more

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Language of material

  • Ancient Greek
  • English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Tipped into R.1.75.

Allied materials area

Publication note

Whibley, C. (1898). In cap and gown: Three centuries of Cambridge wit (3rd ed.). Heinemann. p 240, which gives the author as Richard Shilleto.

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