The Persians

Aeschylus

Original title: Πέρσαι (Persai, Persae)

earliest edition we have, 1903 Oxford University Press, 1981 126 pages

The Greek tragedy in new translations

Combines the spellbinding dramatization of an actual battle with a searing indictment of war that transcends the centuries.

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Editions we hold

The Persians paperback · 2004 · Kessinger Publishing · 48 pages · 9781419177064
Die Perser edition · 2001 · Suhrkamp · 65 pages
Persae paperback · 1998 · K.G. SAUR VERLAG · 64 pages · 9783598710148
Pārsiyān edition · 1998 · Ibex Publishers · 66 pages
The Persians edition · 1998 · Players Press · 32 pages
Persians edition · 1996 · Aris & Phillips · 201 pages
Persas edition · 1992 · Instituto Nacional de Investigação Científica, Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos da Universidade de Coimbra · 65 pages
Aeschyli Persae paperback · 1991 · Teubneri · 64 pages · 9783519010142
Persians edition · 1991 · Oxford University Press · 126 pages
The Persians edition · 1991 · Bristol Classical Press · 136 pages
I Persiani edition · 1988 · Vita e pensiero · 279 pages
Persians edition · 1981 · Oxford University Press · 126 pages

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