United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub. New. Date: 2001. Hardcover. 0715629689 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- Aeschylus’ Persians is not only the first surviving Greek drama. It is also the only tragedy to take for its subject historical rather than mythical events: the repulse of the army of Xerxes at Salamis in 480 B. C. It has frequently been mined for information on the tactics of Salamis or the Greeks’ knowledge of Persian names or institutions, but it also has a broader value, one that has not often been realised. What does it tell us about Greek representations of Persia, or of the Athenians’ self-image? What can we glean from it of the politics of early fifth-century Athens, or of the Athenians’ conception of their empire? How, if at all, can such questions be approached without doing violence to the Persians as a drama? What are the implications of the play for the nature of tragedy? -- REVIEW: "The Emptiness of Asia by Thomas Harrison (Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of St. Andrews) is a literary study of Aeschylus' "Persai" alongside Herodotus' "Histories", which will provide the reader with comprehensive understanding what actually happened at the battle of Salamis and afterwards. A scholarly dissection of political and ...

New York Bristol Classical Press 2001 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 240 p. Aeschylus' Persians and the History of the Fifth Century.

New York Bristol Classical Press 2001 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 240 p. Aeschylus' Persians and the History of the Fifth Century.

ISBN10: 0715629689, ISBN13: 9780715629680, [publisher: GB Gardners Books|Duckworth Books] Hardcover 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.A literary study of A.
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ISBN10: 0715629689, ISBN13: 9780715629680, [publisher: Bristol Classical Press] Hardcover Dust jacket shows some rubbing, scuffing and yellowing as well as some corner wear, additionally front cover has some sunning.
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ISBN10: 0715629689, ISBN13: 9780715629680, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London] Hardcover Hardcover. 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 of ideology. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
[Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]

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ISBN10: 0715629689, ISBN13: 9780715629680, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover First Edition First edition Book as new Dust wrapper in near fine condition. Very negligible wear on base spine
[Beer, DEVON, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2000]

Duckbacks, Date: 2001. Hardcover. New. 240 pages. 8.75x6.25x0.75 inches. 2001. Duckbacks ISBN 0715629689 9780715629680 [GB]