Persians

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Persians is written by Aeschylus and published by Hackett Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1647921813 (ISBN 10) and 9781647921811 (ISBN 13).

The only surviving play of Aeschylus to be based on a historical event—the Greek victory at Salamis just a few years before the play was written—Persians appears in Deborah H. Roberts' brilliant new verse translation accompanied by her Introduction, Notes, Maps, and Chronology. Also included are newly translated excerpts from Herodotus’ Histories that should fascinate any reader of the play.