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Aeschylus: Persians and Other PlaysOxford World's Classics Persians Seven Against Thebes Suppliants Prometheus Bound Aeschylus is the first of the great Greek playwrights, and the four plays in this volume demonstrate the remarkable range of Greek tragedy. Persians is the only surviving tragedy to draw on contemporary history, the Greeks' extraordinary victory over Persia in 480 BC. The Persians' aggression is inhuman in scale, and offends the gods, but while celebrating the Greek

Thucydides of Athens was born about 471 BC

crowds flock to witness the most shocking trial of the ancient world

endlessly enjoyable masterpiece

yet surprising in its moments of innocence and beauty

myth and philosophy

Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers

and explains not only what Virgil says

the great fire of Rome during the time of Nero and the wars

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ο έρωτας είναι σέβας

descriptive reports

leading to a greater open-mindedness