The Persians by Aeschylus

The Persians is an Athenian tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. First produced in 472 BCE, it is the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre. It dramatises the Persian response to news of their military defeat at the Battle of Salamis (480 BCE), which was a decisive episode in the Greco–Persian Wars; as such, the play is also notable for being the only extant Greek tragedy that is based on contemporary events.

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This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 17th on The 16 Greatest Books of All Time (NYU Local)
  2. - 20th on Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (Raymond Queneau)
  3. - Great Books of the Western World (Great Books Foundation)
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The Complete Aeschylus: Volume II: Persians and Other Plays (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) Hardcover 4308624 $59.50 $16.90 2009
Persae (Aeschylus) (English and Greek Edition) Paperback 8664457 $9.95
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The Persians Kindle Edition 3270754 2015
Persians (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) Hardcover 2798855 $67.78 $6.94 1981
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The Persians (American Theatre in Literature Program) Paperback 5969220 $326.17 $4.97 2000
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Persians (Prentice-Hall Greek drama series) Hardcover 5199305 $170.82 $0.64 1970
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Aeschylus Plays: I: The Persians , Prometheus Bound , The Suppliants and Seven Against Thebes (Classical Dramatists) Paperback 1576143 $7.79 $4.94 1991
Aeschylus: Persians (Classical Studies) Paperback 1201802 $17.95 $16.68 1991
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Four Plays Of Aeschylus: The Suppliant Maidens, The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Prometheus Bound (The Plays Of Aeschylus) Paperback 5341392 $9.95 2013
Persians Audible Audiobook 35002 $5.99 2019
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Persians (Ancient Greek Edition) Paperback 2348528 $22.83 $17.15 1996
The Persians and Other Plays (Penguin Classics) Paperback 196007 $9.06 $4.45 2010
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Persians (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) Paperback 875716 $6.47 $1.50 1991
The Persians and Other Plays: The Persians / Prometheus Bound / Seven Against Thebes / The Suppliants (Penguin Classics) Kindle Edition 773154 $9.99 2009
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Persians (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) Kindle Edition 1372603 $9.99 1991
The Persians: Translation by F L Light Paperback 1801316 $4.49 2012
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The Persians: "For know that no one is free, except Zeus" Kindle Edition 1108338 $1.49 2017
Persians and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback 1148512 $10.02 $3.11 2009