Drawing by George Romney: The Ghost of Darius Appearing to Atossa
Written by
Aeschylus
Chorus
Persian Elders
Characters
Atossa Messenger Ghost of Darius Xerxes
Date premiered
472 BC
Place premiered
Athens
Original language
Ancient Greek
Setting
Susa
The Persians (Ancient Greek: Πέρσαι, Persai, Latinised as Persae) is an ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. It is the second and only surviving part of a now otherwise lost trilogy that won the first prize at the dramatic competitions in Athens' City Dionysia festival in 472 BC, with Pericles serving as choregos.
Interpretations of Persians either read the play as sympathetic toward the defeated Persians or else as a celebration of Greek victory within the context of an...
article contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. ThePersians (/ˈpɜːrʒənz/ PUR-zhənz...
ethnic Persians; certainly, Persian remained the language of official business of the caliphate until the adoption of Arabic toward the end of the 7th century...
language Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples Persian language, an Iranian language of the Indo-European...
malignancy tend to occur in Persians. Blue smoke Persians are predisposed to Chédiak–Higashi syndrome. White cats, including white Persians, are prone to deafness...
ThePersian is a major character from the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel The Phantom of the Opera. In the book, he is the one who tells most of the background...
the Macedonian king Amyntas I surrendered his country to thePersians in about 512–511, Macedonians and Persians were strangers no more as well. The subjugation...
Iraqi Persians (Persian: ایرانیان عراق, Arabic: إيرانيو العراق) or Iranians in Iraq (Persian: ایرانیان در عراق, Arabic: الإيرانيون في العراق) are Iraqi...
show quality Persians must have pushed-in faces. This resulted in the breed disappearing from cat shows. However, this older form of Persian cat was made...
Company, and the Royal Navy by mid-19th century AD. Persians were not only stationed on islands of thePersian Gulf, but also had ships often of 100 to 200 capacity...
re-established thePersians as a major power in late antiquity alongside its arch-rival, the Roman Empire (after 395 the Byzantine Empire). The empire ended...
Persian expedition or Persian campaign may refer to: Persian campaign (Alexander the Great) (334–333 BC) Julian's Persian expedition (363) Persian expedition...
mythology, or Persian mythology in western term (Persian: اسطورهشناسی ایرانی), is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian...
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West is a historical study of thePersian Empire by popular historian Tom Holland, first published...
contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. ThePersian alphabet (Persian: الفبای فارسی...
Persian Gate or the Susian Gate was the ancient name of the pass now known as Tang-e Meyran, connecting Yasuj with Sedeh Eghlid to the east, crossing the...
Western Persian or Western Farsi, natively simply known as Persian (Persian: فارسی, romanized: Fârsi), refers to the varieties of thePersian language...
The Blackhead Persian (also known as Swartkoppersie) is a fat-tailed breed of domestic sheep from Africa. The sheep is originally from Somalia and a direct...
A Persian name, or an Iranian name, consists of a given name (Persian: نام Nâm), sometimes more than one, and a surname (نام خانوادگی). Since the Muslim...
Sistani people (Persian: مردم سیستانی) (also known as the Sistanis, Sajestani, and historically referred to Sagzi) are an Iranian ethnic group, who primarily...
known as "Iranian cafes", which are run by Iranian families. They speak Persian. Notable Pakistani people of Iranian descent include: Aga Khan III Nusrat...
Greece. The Greek army inflicted a crushing defeat on the more numerous Persians, marking a turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars. The first Persian invasion...