Some parts of it were what you might call “visibly invisible”: Everyone in Tehran knows about Evin Prison, perched on the ...

Ancient Iran was home to numerous exceptionally powerful kings throughout history. This was particularly so in the era of the ...

The Persian Wars Beyond Herodotus The story of the Graeco-Persian wars has been often told, by ancients and moderns alike. But early in this book Shepherd, a classicist with several works on Ancient ...

Aeschylus wrote about the war against the Persians because he fought in that war. In the first part of his trilogy, they have won the war, but nobody is happy. This victory party never starts.

The cast of ‘The Persians’ at Undermain Theatre. (Photos by Paul Semrad) Undermain Theatre goes old school with its current production of the Aeschylus’ tragedy.

Its focus is the Battle of Salamis, won by the Greeks against an overwhelming Persian force in 480 B.C., eight years before the plays premiere in 472 B.C. and also a battle in which Aeschylus ...

Written in 472 B.C. by Aeschylus, The Persians is a tragedy dramatizing the downfall of the Persian Empire after its invasion of Greece and defeat in the Battle of Salamis. Bruce DuBose, Undermain ...

Deep Ellum’s Undermain Theatre closes its 40th season with Aeschylus’ The Persians, first-prize winner in Athens’ annual City Dionysia competition of 472 B.C. and the only surviving play of ...

Undermain Theatre is presenting the final production of its 40th Season: The Persians by Aeschylus adapted by Ellen McLaughlin. This classic production runs May 2 through May 26, 2024.

Aeschylus, a veteran of that war, insists on a report nonetheless; The Persians always seemed an attempt to close the door on it. (“The horror of this disaster is driving me out of my mind ...