The Wasps is a comedy by Aristophanes.

The play revolves around Philocleon ("Friend of Cleon") and his son Bdelycleon ("Hater of Cleon"). Philocleon is addicted to the proceedings of the Athenian court; he spends all his time as a juror, judging others.

Bdelycleon wants to help his father; he locks him in the house, but Philocleon is determined to get out and go to the court. He attempts a few comical and unsuccessful escape attempts, including a play on one Odysseus used on the cyclops in the Odyssey. Philocleon's fellow jurors, a chorus dressed as wasps, come to his rescue. Bdelycleon and his servants brawl with the wasps, who despite having actual stings, are soon outmatched. Afterwards, Bdelycleon engages his father in a debate, and soon proves to him and the chorus that by serving as jurors, they achieve nothing more than to serve the demagogues. The chorus defeated, Philocleon resigns to staying home.

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hullwasps (Hull Wasps) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:24:32 -0000
CAN the Wasps still make the play-offs? Vote online at www.hullwasps.co.uk http://bit.ly/4DbfEn
Wasps the skinheads of the insect world,ah! takes one back to bh days... (scooter857 via YT) #craigferguson
Malinky2Stoatir (Malinky Stoatir) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:22:45 -0000
Wasps the skinheads of the insect world,ah! takes one back to bh days... (scooter857 via YT) #craigferguson
'Hive Hero' http://bit.ly/2pnfBX When all the defense walls have been conquered you are the only one standing in the way of the wasps. Yo...
flashraiders (FlashRaiders Games) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:42:29 -0000
'Hive Hero' http://bit.ly/2pnfBX When all the defense walls have been conquered you are the only one standing in the way of the wasps. Yo...
@noxhanti patients and trust the bees and wasps,,,worked so far,,,mike
mikesemple (Michael Semple) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:03:28 -0000
@noxhanti patients and trust the bees and wasps,,,worked so far,,,mike
Just woke up from my second nap of the day. Keep having dreams about wasps. Someone get the dream dictionary out!
rebekahwaring (Rebekah Waring) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:29:22 -0000
Just woke up from my second nap of the day. Keep having dreams about wasps. Someone get the dream dictionary out!
RT @productivecough: Dammit, the wasps are back. **I don't think we ever left. I mean, not since Martin Luther King stopped being Catholic.
ptrkarl (Pastor The Rev. Karl) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:59:10 -0000
RT @productivecough: Dammit, the wasps are back. **I don't think we ever left. I mean, not since Martin Luther King stopped being Catholic.

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