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Author Harrison, Thomas, 1969- author.

Title The emptiness of Asia : Aeschylus' Persians and the history of the fifth century / Thomas Harrison
Published London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

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Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Framing the Play; 1. Aeschylus the historian?; 2. Politics and partisanship; 3. Aeschylus, Atossa and Athenian ideology; Part II. Finding Athens; 4. The use and abuse of Persia; 5. Where is Athens?; 6. Athens and Greece; 7. The emptiness of Asia; 8. Democracy and tyranny; Part III. Conclusions; 9. Themistocles and Aristides; 10. Athens and Persia; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Aeschylus' ""Persions"" is the first surviving Greek drama. This book provides aims to provide both a more satisfactory reading of the ""Persians"" and a richer picture of fifth-century history - the history both of events and ideology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 3, 2019)
Subject Aeschylus. Persae.
Aeschylus -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Aeschylus fast
Persae (Aeschylus) fast
Subject Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
Greek drama (Tragedy)
War and literature
SUBJECT Greece -- History -- Persian Wars, 500 B.C.-449 B.C. -- Literature and the war
Subject Greece
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781350113435
1350113433