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The Persians
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ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus
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
- Author
- Aeschylus
- Genre
- Greek tragedy
- Narrative location
- Susa
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- title
- Πέρσαι
- Commons category
- The Persians
- language of work or name
- Ancient Greek
- date of first performance
- 0472-00-00
- characters
- Greek chorus
- short name
- Pers.
- location of first performance
- Theatre of Dionysus
- form of creative work
- play
- 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
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