Aristophanes Wasps 1523

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Chorus: Run with a swift foot in a circle!

Chorus: and the Phrynichus play

Chorus: Let someone snap his fingers, so that

1525

Chorus: Having seen the leg above, they will smell it.

Chorus: the spectators.

Wasps. Aristophanes. . 2026-09-08.

Current edition Experimental

English (Sanjaya, generated; selected passages) (OCR draft) (English) (Source: pnadelofficial/aristophanes-sanjaya, commit c319590c139e5603e71f0699caa0663d823af8ad. Machine-generated source annotations retained; see Sanjaya import audit for coverage and limitations.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

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Wasps (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Anonymous; 1938 compilation). Migrated from Perseus legacy XML; source wording and notes retained. See TEI header and migration inventory.) — 1523 focus

Chorus

1520 skip on the sand and the shore of the barren sea; show us the lightning whirls and twirls of your nimble limbs. Glorious offspring of Phrynichus, 1525 let fly your kicks, so that the spectators may be overjoyed at seeing your legs so high in air.

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Chorus 1520 skip on the sand and the shore of the barren sea; show us the lightning whirls and twirls of your nimble limbs. Glorious offspring of Phrynichus, 1525 let fly your kicks, so that the spectators may be overjoyed at seeing your legs so high in air.

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Chorus

1520 skip on the sand and the shore of the barren sea; show us the lightning whirls and twirls of your nimble limbs. Glorious offspring of Phrynichus, 1525 let fly your kicks, so that the spectators may be overjoyed at seeing your legs so high in air.