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The Persians

The Persians
Aeschylus Original title Πέρσαι

The Persians 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.


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“Arrogance in full bloom bears a crop of ruinous folly from which it reaps a harvest all of tears.”

Source: The Persians (472 BC), lines 821–822 (tr. Christopher Collard)

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Aeschylus photo

“But when a man
speeds toward his own ruin,
a god gives him help.”

Source: The Persians (472 BC), line 742 (tr. Janet Lembke and C. J. Herington)

Aeschylus photo
Aeschylus photo

“The walls of Athens are impregnable,
Their firmest bulwarks her heroic sons.”

Source: The Persians (472 BC), line 349 (tr. Robert Potter)

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Aeschylus photo

“Bitter, being first to tell you bitter news.”

Source: The Persians (472 BC), line 253 (tr. Janet Lembke and C. J. Herington)

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