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Persians

By Aeschylus
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The only surviving play of Aeschylus to be based on a historical event—the Greek victory at Salamis just a few years before the play was written—Persians appears in Deborah H. Roberts' brilliant new verse translation accompanied by her Introduction, Notes, Maps, and Chronology. Also included are... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The only surviving play of Aeschylus to be based on a historical event—the Greek victory at Salamis just a few years before the play was written—Persians appears in Deborah H. Roberts' brilliant new verse translation accompanied by her Introduction, Notes, Maps, and Chronology. Also included are newly translated excerpts from Herodotus' Histories that should fascinate any reader of the play.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781647921804

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 May 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Illustration: 2 maps

Contributors:

  • Translated by Deborah H. Roberts

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 147g

Pages: 120

Collections

Aeschylus Arts & Culture Classic Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Non-Fiction

About the Author

Deborah H. Roberts is Professor Emerita of Classics and Comparative Literature, Haverford College.

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