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The Persians
The Persians recounts a historical tragedy about the battle of Salamis, only from the Persian point of view. ... With two major powers -- a liberal nation / God(s) -- interwoven underground and repetitively referenced, Aeschylus might have intended to use The Persians to worship the meaning and significance of a democratic regime as a whole, and to examine the position of Gods. ...
First, while the Chorus, composed by the Persian Council of State (the Persian elders) are discussing Athens with the Queen Attosa, expressing their anxiety about the possibility of defeat, a messenger arrives and brings news from the battlefield: the Persians were trapped by the Greeks, destined by an evil genius hostile to Persia, and defeated disastrously (246- 597). ...
Secondly, one significant fact in the Persians merits speculation: not a single Greek is mentioned by name, in contrast with a long list of particular Persian leaders and those different branches of troops led by them. ... The battle is not so much a way to sing the national pride for the Greeks as a threnody to lament the doomed fate of the Persians.
Approximate Word count = 791
Approximate Pages = 3.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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