The Wasps (play)
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The Wasps is a comedic play by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes that satirizes the Athenian legal system and the litigiousness of its citizens.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Wasps (play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8900780 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wasps (play) Context triple: [The Wasps (suite), basedOn, The Wasps (play)]
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The Wasps (suite)
The Wasps (suite) is an orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, adapted from his incidental music for Aristophanes’ comedy and noted for its lively overture and evocative English pastoral style.
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B.
The Frogs
The Frogs is a classical Greek comedy by Aristophanes that satirically depicts a journey to the underworld to critique Athenian drama and politics.
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C.
Lysistrata
Lysistrata is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes in which women withhold sex to force men to negotiate peace and end the Peloponnesian War.
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D.
Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens is a lesser-known Shakespearean tragedy that follows a wealthy Athenian nobleman whose excessive generosity leads to his financial ruin and bitter misanthropy.
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Aristophanes’ play "Thesmophoriazusae"
Aristophanes’ play "Thesmophoriazusae" is a classical Athenian comedy that satirically portrays women plotting against the tragedian Euripides during the secretive Thesmophoria festival.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wasps (play) Target entity description: The Wasps is a comedic play by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes that satirizes the Athenian legal system and the litigiousness of its citizens.
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A.
The Wasps (suite)
The Wasps (suite) is an orchestral work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, adapted from his incidental music for Aristophanes’ comedy and noted for its lively overture and evocative English pastoral style.
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B.
The Frogs
The Frogs is a classical Greek comedy by Aristophanes that satirically depicts a journey to the underworld to critique Athenian drama and politics.
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C.
Lysistrata
Lysistrata is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes in which women withhold sex to force men to negotiate peace and end the Peloponnesian War.
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D.
Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens is a lesser-known Shakespearean tragedy that follows a wealthy Athenian nobleman whose excessive generosity leads to his financial ruin and bitter misanthropy.
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E.
Aristophanes’ play "Thesmophoriazusae"
Aristophanes’ play "Thesmophoriazusae" is a classical Athenian comedy that satirically portrays women plotting against the tragedian Euripides during the secretive Thesmophoria festival.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancient Greek comedy
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play ⓘ work by Aristophanes ⓘ |
| author | Aristophanes ⓘ |
| contains |
agon
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comic songs ⓘ parabasis ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Athenian jury pay system
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Cleon ⓘ demagogues ⓘ |
| featuresChorusOf |
old jurors
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wasps ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceFestival | Lenaia ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Athens ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 422 BC ⓘ |
| form | verse drama ⓘ |
| genre |
Old Comedy
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satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Sosias
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Xanthias ⓘ dog accused of stealing cheese ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
to criticize political manipulation of courts
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to mock excessive litigation ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abuse of legal power
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addiction to jury service ⓘ conflict between generations ⓘ political satire ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Athenian citizens ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Attic Old Comedy ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Classical Greek literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bdelycleon
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Philocleon ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical performance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | Aristophanes’ surviving plays ⓘ |
| politicalContext | democracy in Athens ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Acharnians
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The Clouds ⓘ The Knights ⓘ |
| satirizes |
Athenian juries
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Athenian legal system ⓘ litigiousness of Athenian citizens ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Athens ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Peloponnesian War era
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linked to:
Peloponnesian War
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| timeOfFirstPerformance | 5th century BC ⓘ |
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