| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aeschylus. Persae.
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Aeschylus -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Aeschylus https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcKQP97hFd7mQdhyWtR8C |
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Persae (Aeschylus) |
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Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500 B.C.-449 B.C. -- Literature and the war.
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Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece. |
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Greek drama (Tragedy) |
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War and literature |
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Greece https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxd6hw8HtWYq9JY6hjjYP |
| Chronological Term |
500-449 B.C. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| ISBN |
9781350113435 (electronic bk.) |
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1350113433 (electronic bk.) |
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9780715629680 |
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