The Emptiness of Asia: Aeschylus' 'Persians' and the History of the Fifth Century by Harrison, Thomas

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Hardback. New. Aeschylus' "Persions" is the first surviving Greek drama. This book provides aims to provide both a more satisfactory reading of the "Persians" and a richer picture of fifth-century history - the history both of events and ideology.

Duckbacks, 2001. Hardcover. New. 240 pages. 8.75x6.25x0.75 inches.

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United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub. New. 2001. Hardcover. 0715629689 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- Aeschylus’ Persians is not only the first surviving Greek drama. It is also the only tragedy to take for its subject historical rather than mythical events: the repulse of the army of Xerxes at Salamis in 480 B. C. It has frequently been mined for information on the tactics of Salamis or the Greeks’ knowledge of Persian names or institutions, but it also has a broader value, one that has not often been realised. What does it tell us about Greek representations of Persia, or of the Athenians’ self-image? What can we glean from it of the politics of early fifth-century Athens, or of the Athenians’ conception of their empire? How, if at all, can such questions be approached without doing violence to the Persians as a… Read More