Persians (Aeschylus)

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Πέρσαι (Persians)
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Πέρσαι (Persians) is a Greek tragedy written by Aeschylus and performed in 472 BC. It includes the oldest surviving account of Greek history, treating the Greek defeat of Xerxes' armies from the perspective of the Persians. It is also the oldest surviving play in world literature.
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English-language translations of Πέρσαι include:

The Persians, translated by Robert Potter (1777) 1st ed.
The Persians, translated by T. A. Buckley (1849)
The Persians, translated by F. A. Paley (1870)
The Persians, translated by E. H. Plumptre (1873)
The Persians, translated by Anna Swanwick (1886) 4th ed.
The Persians, translated by Lewis Campbell (1890)
The Persians, translated by Arthur S. Way (1906)
The Persians, translated by E. D. A. Morshead (1908)
The Persians of Æschylus, translated by C. E. S. Headlam (1909)
The Persians, translated by G. M. Cookson (1922)

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted.

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