In the canon
The Persians
- Form
- Form Play
- Year
- Year 471 BCE
- Originally in
- Originally in Ancient greek
- Pages
- Pages 80
A chorus of Persian elders waits anxiously in Susa for news from the war their king has waged against Greece, and a messenger arrives with the catastrophe at Salamis. Aeschylus, who had himself fought at Salamis a few years before, staged this tragedy in 472 BCE, the earliest surviving play in the Western tradition.
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