The Persians
Also known as: Persae · Persians · Aesch. Pers.
The Persians dramatizes the Persian defeat at Salamis from the perspective of the Persian court. Xerxes returns as a defeated ruler in Aeschylus’s The Persians.
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Xerxes appears in the drama
Xerxes returns as a defeated ruler in Aeschylus’s The Persians.
Early literary account
The Persians dramatizes the Persian defeat at Salamis from the perspective of the Persian court.
Wrote The Persians
Aeschylus wrote The Persians, an early dramatic treatment of the defeat at Salamis.