Format:
1 online resource (194 pages)
ISBN:
9781350113435
Content:
Aeschylus' "Persions" is the first surviving Greek drama. This book provides aims to provide both a more satisfactory reading of the "Persians" and a richer picture of fifth-century history - the history both of events and ideology.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Framing the Play -- 1. Aeschylus the historian? -- 2. Politics and partisanship -- 3. Aeschylus, Atossa and Athenian ideology -- Part II. Finding Athens -- 4. The use and abuse of Persia -- 5. Where is Athens? -- 6. Athens and Greece -- 7. The emptiness of Asia -- 8. Democracy and tyranny -- Part III. Conclusions -- 9. Themistocles and Aristides -- 10. Athens and Persia -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780715629680
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780715629680
Language:
English
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