Aeschylus' Persians is the earliest extant Greek tragedy and sole
surviving historical tragedy. Produced in 472 BC, the play tells
the story of the defeat of the Persian king Xerxes in his attempt
to expand his empire by conquering Greece and his return in rags to
Persia to face the condemnation of his elders. The first product of
the Western imagination to represent the causes and limits of
imperialist conquest, the Persians is particularly relevant today.
The play is rich in verbal and visual imagery and unflinching in
its depiction of the horrors of a defeated invasion and the glory
of a successful defence. But the Persians is not merely a paean to
Western freedom, democracy, courage and technological supremacy; it
is a meditation on the tendency inherent in wealth, power and
success to take on a momentum of their own and to push societies to
the brink of ruin.
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