
Persians and Other Plays
by Aeschylus
Title:
Persians and Other Plays
Author:
Aeschylus
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
304 pages
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780140449990
EAN:
9780140449990
Publication Date:
26/11/2009
Classifications:
Ancient, classical and medieval texts
Weight (g):
344
Dimensions (mm):
196 x 130 x 19
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Deals with events from Athenian history, and depicts the final defeat of Persia in the battle of Salamis. This work shows the inexorable downfall of the last members of the cursed family of Oedipus, and relates the pursuit of the fifty daughters of Danaus by the fifty sons of Aegyptus, and their final rescue by a heroic king.




















