The Suppliants (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aeschylus
- First Published: 463
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Mythical age
- Setting: Argos
- Principal Characters: Danaüs, His Fifty Maiden Daughters, Pelasgus, The Fifty Sons of Aegyptus, Brother of Danaüs
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Marriage, Gods or goddesses, Egypt or Egyptians, Greek or Roman times, Sacrifice, Greece or Greek people
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Argos, ancient
The Story:
Danaüs and his fifty maiden daughters fled from Egypt after Danaüs’ brother, Aegyptus, had decided that his fifty sons should take their cousins to wife. The fugitives finally reached the shores of Argos, the land of their illustrious ancestress Io, a mortal who had been loved by Zeus. Holding olive branches wrapped in wool before an Argive altar, the maidens sought Zeus’ protection of their purity. Their supplications to the father of the gods included the wish that the sons of Aegyptus might meet disaster at sea between Egypt and Argos. In fear of being...
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