The Emptiness of Asia Aeschylus' 'Persians' and the History of the Fifth Century - Thomas Harrison
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This is a literary study of Aeschylus' Persians alongside Herodotus' Histories , which offers a comprehensive understanding what actually happened at the battle of Salamis and afterwards. Thomas Harrison examines the political and ideological motivating factors underpinning Persai in the context of the times.
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 Sala...
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 Sala...
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2000 Uitgever: Bloomsbury 240 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0715629689 ISBN-13: 9780715629680Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Duckworth, London, 2000. 191p. Original red hard bound with pictorial dust wrappers. Pencil annotations in Dutch on laste paste-down end paper. 'Thomas Harrison's 'The Emptiness of Asia' is 'a study of the historical value of Aeschylus' play, the 'Persian...