The Persians
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"The Persians" is an ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus that dramatizes the Persian court’s reaction to their defeat at the Battle of Salamis, offering a rare sympathetic portrayal of the enemy in classical literature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aeschylus' tragedy "The Persians" | 1 |
| The Persians canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek tragedy
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play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Aeschylean trilogy on Persian Wars (lost companion plays) ⓘ |
| author | Aeschylus ⓘ |
| characterType |
military figures
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royal figures ⓘ |
| chorus | Persian elders ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important source for Greek views of Persia
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rare Greek tragedy centered on non-Greek characters ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | Battle of Salamis ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | messenger speech reporting the battle ⓘ |
| dramaticTone |
lamenting
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tragic ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ |
| influenced | later war tragedies ⓘ |
| literaryForm | drama ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Athenian tragedy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ghost of Darius I
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Persian messenger ⓘ Queen Atossa ⓘ Xerxes I ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | Persian point of view ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
earliest surviving Greek tragedy
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only extant Greek tragedy based on a contemporary historical event ⓘ sympathetic portrayal of the enemy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 472 BC ⓘ |
| premiereFestival | City Dionysia ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Athens ⓘ |
| setting |
Achaemenid palace complex
ⓘ
surface form:
Persian royal court at Susa
|
| studiedIn |
classical studies
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comparative literature ⓘ theatre studies ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Persian defeat by the Greeks
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consequences of hubris ⓘ imperial overreach ⓘ suffering of the enemy ⓘ |
| theme |
divine retribution
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grief and lamentation ⓘ limits of human power ⓘ national catastrophe ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early 5th century BC ⓘ |
| timeOfDepictedEvent | 480 BC ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Aeschylus' tragedy "The Persians"