Aeschylus. 2, The Persians, Seven against Thebes, the suppliants, Prometheus bound
(2016)
By:
Aeschylus
Nonfiction
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Interactive Media : Made available through hoopla, 2016
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781911535737 (electronic bk.) MWT11758524, 1911535730 (electronic bk.) 11758524
LANGUAGE
English
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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
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