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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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	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
	The Persians	Hardcover	5402943	$12.99	$16.54	2018
	The Persians	Kindle Edition	3270754			2015
	Persians (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)	Hardcover	2798855	$67.78	$6.94	1981
	Four Plays Of Aeschylus...	Paperback	5273786	$14.48	$29.82	2012
	The Complete Aeschylus: Volume II: Persians and Other Plays: 2 (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)	Kindle Edition	668174	$10.49		2009
	The Complete Aeschylus: Volume II: Persians and Other Plays (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)	Paperback	2742225	$10.73	$5.98	2009
	The Persians (American Theatre in Literature Program)	Paperback	5969220	$326.17	$4.97	2000
	The Persians	Kindle Edition	585377	$0.99		2008
	The Persians	Hardcover	7913630	$21.46	$44.96	2010
	The Persians	Kindle Edition	985294	$0.99		2012
	The Persians	Kindle Edition	1857699	$0.99		2013
	Persians (Prentice-Hall Greek drama series)	Hardcover	5199305	$170.82	$0.64	1970
	The Persians	Paperback	2148973	$3.43	$2.84	2013
	The Persians	Paperback	3432017	$8.82	$1.00	2004
	Persians	Paperback	3945727	$7.99	$8.27	2018
	The Persians (Dodo Press)	Paperback	4089065	$8.85	$23.44	2009
	Persians, Seven against Thebes, and Suppliants (Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity)	Kindle Edition	1020807	$15.00		2011
	Persians, Seven against Thebes, and Suppliants (Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity)	Hardcover	4108551	$31.51	$33.26	2011
	The Persians: An Ancient Greek Tragedy (Aeschylus - The Persians)	Paperback	1181603	$8.95	$10.13	2015
	The Persians	Paperback	314057	$6.63		2016
	THE PERSIANS	Paperback	10323186	$59.99
	The Persians (Plays by Aeschylus)	Kindle Edition	666499	$4.69		2016
	The Persians	Paperback	2336583	$12.76	$5.98	2010
	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
	The Persians	Paperback	2372324	$15.95	$10.35	2006
	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
	The Persians	Paperback	1816511	$6.99		2020
	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
	The Persians	Kindle Edition	702677	$0.45		2022
	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
	The Persians	Paperback	4757029	$106.97	$1.17	1998
	Persians, Seven against Thebes, and Suppliants (Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity)	Paperback	2026558	$15.98	$9.99	2011
	Persians (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)	Kindle Edition	1372603	$9.99		1991
	The Persians: Translation by F L Light	Paperback	1801316	$4.49		2012
	The Persians	Perfect Paperback	5442529	$8.95		2012
	The Complete Aeschylus: Volume II: Persians and Other Plays (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)	Paperback	469505	$8.75	$2.10	2009
	The Persians	Kindle Edition	679198	$3.99		2012
	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