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The Persians and Other Plays (Penguin Classics) Paperback – February 23, 2010

by Aeschylus (Author), Alan H. Sommerstein (Editor, Translator, Introduction)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 59 ratings
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Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. The Persians, the only Greek tragedy to deal with events from recent Athenian history, depicts the final defeat of Persia in the battle of Salamis, through the eyes of the Persian court of King Xerxes, becoming a tragic lesson in tyranny. In Prometheus Bound, the defiant Titan Prometheus is brutally punished by Zeus for daring to improve the state of wretchedness and servitude in which mankind is kept. Seven Against Thebes shows the inexorable downfall of the last members of the cursed family of Oedipus, while The Suppliants relates the pursuit of the fifty daughters of Danaus by the fifty sons of Aegyptus, and their final rescue by a heroic king.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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    250 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Penguin Classics
  4. Publication date
    February 23, 2010
  5. Reading age
    18 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    7.8 x 5.02 x 0.73 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    014044999X
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0140449990
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Aeschylus (born at Eleusis, near Athens, c. 525 BC; died at Gela, Sicily, 456 BC) was the dramatist who first made Athenian tragedy one of the world's great art forms, though in his epitaph he preferred that he should be remembered as one of those who fought the Persians at Marathon. Although he is said to have written over seventy plays, only seven have survived.

Alan H. Sommerstein has been Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham since 1988. He has written or edited more than thirty books on Ancient Greek language and literature, especially tragic and comic drama, including Aeschylean Tragedy (1996), Greek Drama and Dramatists (2002), and a complete edition of the comedies of Aristophanes with translation and commentary (1980-2003).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Classics; First Edition (February 23, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 250 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 014044999X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140449990
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.8 x 5.02 x 0.73 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 59 ratings

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Thomas
1.0 out of 5 stars Kindle version not user friendly to read on IPad
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2023
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I’d ask for a refund. Very frustrating to try to read Kindle version on IPad. The Play is in a digital insert from the text. Once one enters the digital window to read the text and clicks on notes the window brings the reader back to the beginning. I chose the Penguin edition to read the annotations. What good are they if one has get frustrated going back to the beginning and scrolling through to look for one left off reading?

Buy book. Or read it free at from the library.
Very disappointing purchase. Amazon Kindle app does not make an excellent transition to IPad.
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Tuncer
5.0 out of 5 stars good work
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2019
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thanks
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Paula09
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and accessible
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2019
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Really enjoyed this collection of plays. Easily accessible translation, with “normal” language and very detailed, informative background notes. The notes on the different fragments and how everything hangs together were particularly helpful. Can’t comment on the accuracy of the translations, as I’m no classical scholar. However, from a lay perspective, this version of Prometheus Bound was as good as, if not better than, another (expensive) version on Kindle. The Kindle formatting is not perfect, since the footnote references mess up the line spacing (a single line might be at three different heights), but that should be easy to rectify in an updated version and does not detract too much from the quality of the book.
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Snigdha
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book. Received in excellent condition
Reviewed in India on October 8, 2017
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Wonderful book. Received in excellent condition. This copy contains four plays, a general introduction and separate introductions for each play.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
Reviewed in India on September 26, 2018
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Must for literature lovers
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