“Sosias: The love of wine is a good man's failing.”
tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Aristoph.+Wasps+80 <br class="br">Wasps, line 80 <br class="br">Wasps (422 BC)
Quotes from workThe Wasps
AristophanésOriginal title Σφῆκες
The Wasps is the fourth in chronological order of the eleven surviving plays by Aristophanes, the master of an ancient genre of drama called 'Old Comedy'. It was produced at the Lenaia festival in 422 BC, a time when Athens was enjoying a brief respite from the Peloponnesian War following a one-year truce with Sparta.
“Bdelycleon: It is so that you may know only those who nourish you”
tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Aristoph.+Wasps+704 <br class="br">Wasps (422 BC)
“Phobokleon: Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.”
embellished tr. Parker 1962, p. 55 http://books.google.com/books?id=EdpxAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Hunger+knows+no+friend+but+its+feeder%22 <br class="br">Wasps, line 704 <br class="br">Wasps (422 BC)
