The Persians takes place in Susa, which at the time was one of the capitals of the Persian Empire, and opens with a chorus of old men of Susa, who are soon joined by the Queen Mother, Atossa, as they await news of her son King Xerxes' expedition against the Greeks. Expressing her anxiety and unease, Atossa narrates what is probably the first dream sequence in European theatre.
Greek Tragedy: Selected Works of Aeschylus and Sophocles : Prometheus Bound, The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, Agamemnon, The Choephoroe, The Eumenides, Oedipus At Colonus, Antigone, Ajax, Electra
Aeschylus, Sophocles
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Four Plays of Aeschylus
Aeschylus
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The House of Atreus; Being the Agamemnon, the Libation bearers, and the Furies
Aeschylus
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Book of illustrations : Ancient Tragedy
Euripides, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Richard G. Moulton
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Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles
Aeschylus, Sophocles
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The Oresteia Trilogy (Unabridged English Translation)
Aeschylus
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100 Quotes by Aeschylus
Aeschylus
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Yale Classics (Vol. 1)
Herodotus, Sappho, Homer, Hesiod, Alcaeus, Archilochus, Anacreon, Theognis of Megara, Simonides of Ceos, Bacchylides, Pindar, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Lysias, Demosthenes, Apollonius, Callimachus, Theocritus, Plutarch, Epictetus, Gilbert Murray
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The Greatest Classics of Ancient Greece : Mythology, History, Philosophy, Poetry, Theater (Including Biographies of Authors and Critical Study of Each Work)
Homer, Hesiod, Archilochus, Alcaeus, Sappho, Anacreon, Theognis of Megara, Simonides of Ceos, Bacchylides, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Lysias, Demosthenes, Apollonius, Callimachus, Theocritus, Plutarch, Epictetus, Gilbert Murray
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Specimens of Greek Tragedy - Aeschylus and Sophocles
Aeschylus, Sophocles
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The Suppliants
Aeschylus
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The Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus
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