Third Meeting

(1) Conjectures of the late Richard Shilleto on ARISTOPHANES Wasps 903, 922. More than thirty-five years ago Richard Shilleto suggested to me that av should be substituted for the av which in 903 is superfluous and in 922 unmeaning, and that the aspirated monosyllable should be given to the dog Labes. As at the beginning of 903 the accuser barks an answer to his name, it is reasonable that the accused, who is dyaflds y vXam-elv (904), should signify by an interjected bark, in the one place his presence, and in the other his disgust. At the recent revival of the play the lines were delivered in accordance with Shilleto's suggestion.