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

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R./1.75/No. 7

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

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  • 1 Feb. 1853 (Creation)

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1 folded sheet, MS.

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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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 will be thankfully acknowledged'.

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  • Ancient Greek
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    Tipped into R.1.75.

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    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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