The Persians (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aeschylus
- First Published: 472
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: 480
- Setting: Susa, the capital of Persia
- Principal Characters: Xerxes, Atossa, Persian Elders, Ghost of Darius
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Ghosts or apparitions, War, Kings, queens, or royalty, Gods or goddesses, Greek or Roman times, Middle East, Battles, Navies, Persia, Iran or Iranian people, Bronze Age
- Locales: Athens, ancient, Persia, ancient
The Story:
Xerxes, son of the late King Darius of Persia, was a man of overwhelming ambition, who, eager to add more countries to his tremendous empire, had led a great army against the Greek states. During his absence, he had left only the Persian elders to maintain authority in Susa, the capital. The old men waited apprehensively for some word of the invasion forces, and their fears grew as time passed and no message came from Xerxes. They lamented that the land had been emptied of the young men who had marched valiantly to war, leaving their wives and mothers to wait...
[The entire page is 2318 words long]
Navigate
- The Persians (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
- The Persians (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
- The Persians (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
See Also:
Aeschylus (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Aeschylus (Drama)Aeschylus (Encyclopedia of the Ancient World)Aeschylus (Dictionary of World Biography: The Ancient World)
- Add The Persians to your favorites