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Persians

By Aeschylus, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)
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By Aeschylus, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (Translator)
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From the dawn of Western theatre, Aeschylus' Persians stands as a monumental and unique tragedy. First performed in 472 BC, it is the only surviving Greek drama to draw its subject not from myth, but from living history: the stunning Greek victory over the mighty Persian Empire at the Battle of Salamis just eight years earlier.
In the royal city of Susa, the Persian court awaits news of King Xerxes' colossal expedition against Greece. The chorus of elders is haunted by dread. Queen Atossa, m...

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