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The Persians
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ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, The Persians is referenced by 155 other articles, and connects out to Ancient Greek, Darius I and Xerxes I.
Vinony files it under Battle of Salamis, Biographical plays about Persian royalty and Cultural depictions of Darius the Great.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Written by
- Aeschylus
- Chorus
- Persian Elders
- Characters
- Atossa , Messenger, Ghost of Darius , Xerxes
- Date premiered
- 472 BC
- Place premiered
- Athens
- Original language
- Ancient Greek
- Setting
- Susa
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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- title
- Πέρσαι
- Commons category
- The Persians
- date of first performance
- 0472-00-00
- short name
- Pers.
- entry in abbreviations table
- Aesch. Pers.
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Encyclopedic overview
The Persians (Ancient Greek: Πέρσαι, romanized: Pérsai, Latinised as Persae) is an ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. It is the second and only surviving part of a now otherwise lost trilogy that won the first prize at the dramatic competitions in Athens' City Dionysia festival in 472 BC, with Pericles serving as choregos. It is Aeschylus' oldest surviving play, and, by extension, the oldest surviving piece of ancient Greek drama.
Place in Aeschylus' work
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Persians” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.