The Persians

Aeschylus (525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is one of those tragedians whose plays still survive. Most part of critics consider and describe that he is the father of such theater phenomenon as tragedy. He is also the first whose plays still survive. He is often described as the father of tragedy due to expanding a number of characters in plays to allow conflict among them whereas characters previously had interacted only with the chorus.

“The Persians” is a great example of ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. The plot of the story focuses on the events how The Persians takes place in Susa, which at the time was one of the capitals of the Persian Empire.