Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, the Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, the Persians
prometheus bound, the suppliants, seven against thebes, the persians
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- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2001
Summary
Echoes of Ancient Greece: Aeschylus’ Timeless Tragedies
The first of the great Greek tragedians, Aeschylus wrote a large number of plays, of which seven survive. Of the four included in this volume, “The Persians” is unique in Greek tragedy in having as its subject matter a recent historical event, the defeat of the Persians at the famous battle of Salamis. The other three, “Prometheus”, “The Suppliants” and “Seven Against Thebes”, were all written as parts of trilogies and take the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140441123 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140441123 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Aeschylus |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2001 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 129mm x 195mm |
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Aeschylus
Aeschylus was born of noble family near Athens in 525 BC. He took part in the Persian Wars, and his epitaph represents him as fighting at Marathon. He wrote more than seventy plays, of which only seven have survived.
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