The Wasps

comedy by Aristophanes

Play Dramatic Work Q1217552

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Instance of: dramatic work
Author: Aristophanes^[2]
Genre: Old Comedy^[3]
Language of work or name: Ancient Greek^[4]
Date of first performance: 422 BC^[10]
Different from: Vespoidea
Entry in abbreviations table: Aristoph. Wasps
Form of creative work: play
Has version, edition or translation: Les guêpes, The Wasps, Las avispas, Wasps, The Wasps^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Title: Σφῆκες

🏷️ Also known as

en Aristoph. Wasps en Wasps en The Wasps ar الزنابير cs Vosy de Die Wespen el Σφήκες es Las avispas fi Ampiaiset fr Les Guepes fr Les Guêpes he הצרעות it Le vespe it Vespe ja 蜂 nl De Wespen nl Wespen pl Osy pt As vespas pt As Vespas

🔖 Identifiers · 25

VIAF cluster ID: 7676165060263.2B (177.0M–7676165060263.2B, n=3)
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n84075408
GND ID: 4342996-8
BAnQ authority ID: 0000300298
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 121900532
CANTIC ID: 981058613384106706
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12069180
DraCor ID: greek000014
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Wasps-play-by-Aristophanes
Encyklopedia Teatru Polskiego play ID: 14012
Freebase ID: /m/02x2h4
IdRef ID: 074238655, 030498228

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J9U entity ID: 987007520678905171
Libraries Australia ID: 35969835
LibraryThing work ID: 11874
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls001286059
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810658315705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX3383845
Open Library ID: OL15729191W
PACTOLS thesaurus ID: pcrtbRD7ZEXBld
Pinakes work ID: 13332
ToposText work ID: 60
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058613384106706
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 492/12504
World History Encyclopedia ID: The_Wasps

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Author 1

Aristophanes

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Aristophanes

Different from 1

Vespoidea

Form of creative work 1

play

Genre 1

Old Comedy

Language of work or name 1

Ancient Greek

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Summary

The Wasps is a dramatic work^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ The Wasps — author (P50): Aristophanes. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2016-09-23. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Wasps — genre (P136): Old Comedy. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Wasps — language of work or name (P407): Ancient Greek. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2016-09-23. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Wasps — has edition or translation (P747): Les guêpes. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Wasps — has edition or translation (P747): The Wasps. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Wasps — has edition or translation (P747): Las avispas. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Wasps — has edition or translation (P747): Wasps. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Wasps — has edition or translation (P747): The Wasps. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Wasps — date of first performance (P1191): 422 BC. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2016-09-23. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ The Wasps is an instance of dramatic work (Q116476516) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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