Persians

Year: 
between 471 and 466 BC
Genres: 
Tragedy
Medium of performance: 
Fully Staged Play
Languages: 
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
People involved: 
(Dramatist)
(Host)
Venues and occasions: 
Production notes: 
If, as the tradition has it, a production of the Persians was put on by Aeschylus in Syracuse, then the date for such a production must be after 472 (the date of the tragedy's premiere in Athens) and before the death of Hieron. On this production, see TrGF3, T Gd, p. 49

How to cite this ancient performance

Persians, accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/ancient-performance/performance/28 <29 March 2024>