Bicentennial of 19 April 1775 (the start of the American Revolutionary War) by the Concord (Massachusetts) Band. The commission was funded by the Town of Concord and assistance was given by the Eastern National Park and Monument Association in cooperation with the National Park Service. Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote The Wasps for a 1909 Cambridge University production of the play. Translation of Aristophanes Alan H. Sommerstein believes that although there are good translations of Aristophanes' comedies in English, none could be flawless, "for there is much truth in the paradox that the only really perfect translation is the original." In spite of that, it is crucial to be cited that there are competent respectable translations in other languages such as Farsi (by Reza Shirmarz, a well-known Iranian playwright, translator and researcher), French and German. Despite the fact that English translations of Aristophanes might not be perfect, "the reception of Aristophanes has gained extraordinary momentum as a topic of academic interest in the last few years." Works Surviving plays Most of these are traditionally referred to by abbreviations of their Latin titles; Latin remains a customary language of scholarship in classical studies. The Acharnians ( Akharneis; Attic ; ), 425 BC The Knights ( Hippeis; Attic ; Latin: ), 424 BC The Clouds ( Nephelai; Latin: ), original 423 BC, uncompleted revised version from 419 to 416 BC survives The Wasps ( Sphekes; Latin: ), 422 BC Peace ( Eirene; Latin: ), first version, 421 BC The Birds ( Ornithes; Latin: ), 414 BC Lysistrata ( Lysistrate), 411 BC Thesmophoriazusae or The Women Celebrating the Thesmophoria ( Thesmophoriazousai), first version c.411 BC The Frogs ( Batrakhoi; Latin: ), 405 BC Ecclesiazusae or The Assemblywomen; ( Ekklesiazousai), c. 392 BC Wealth ( Ploutos; Latin Plutus) second version, 388 BC Datable non-surviving (lost) plays The standard modern edition of the fragments is Rudolf Kassel and Colin François Lloyd Austin's, Poetae Comici Graeci III.2. Banqueters (Δαιταλεῖς Daitaleis, 427 BC) Babylonians (Βαβυλώνιοι Babylonioi, 426 BC) Farmers (Γεωργοί Georgoi, 424 BC) Merchant Ships (Ὁλκάδες Holkades, 423 BC) Clouds (first version, 423 BC) Proagon (Προάγων, 422 BC) Amphiaraus (Ἀμφιάραος, 414 BC) Plutus (Wealth, first version, 408 BC) Gerytades (Γηρυτάδης, uncertain, probably 407 BC) Cocalus (Κώκαλος, 387 BC) Aiolosicon (Αἰολοσίκων, second version, 386 BC) Undated non-surviving (lost) plays Aiolosicon (first version) Anagyrus (Ἀνάγυρος) Frying-Pan Men (Ταγηνισταί Tagenistai) Daedalus (Δαίδαλος) Danaids (Δαναΐδες Danaides) Centaur (Κένταυρος Kentauros) Heroes (Ἥρωες) Lemnian