SOURCE: Murray, Gilbert. “The War Plays, Persae and Seven Against Thebes.” In Aeschylus: The Creator of Tragedy, pp. 111-30. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1940.
In the following excerpt, Murray contends that in addition to being one of the earliest plays by Aeschylus, the Persians is also significant because of the historical record it contains, making high poetry out of a public celebration of a victory.
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