Aeschylus The Persians

""A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting..."

As Charles Isherwood noted in The New York Times, "the ruler of a rich and powerful empire leads his countrymen into a disastrous war on foreign soil in "The Persians," a play Aeschylus wrote in the fifth century B.C. It seems the guy was acting on advice from bad counselors. And trying to finish some business started by papa, who ruled before him. Ring any bells?"

Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, The Persians, Aeschylus' earliest su...