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Ancient Performance

Persians

APGRD id
28
Year
between 471 and 466 BC
Scripts
Genres
Tragedy
Medium of performance
Fully Staged Play
Languages
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
People involved
APGRD 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