{"product_id":"the-emptiness-of-asia-aeschylus-persians-and-the-history-of-the-fifth-century-paperback","title":"The Emptiness of Asia: Aeschylus' 'Persians' and the History of the Fifth Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a literary study of Aeschylus' \u003ci\u003ePersians \u003c\/i\u003ealongside Herodotus' \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e, which offers a comprehensive understanding what actually happened at the battle of Salamis and afterwards. Thomas Harrison examines the political and ideological motivating factors underpinning \u003ci\u003ePersians \u003c\/i\u003ein the context of the times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAeschylus' \u003ci\u003ePersians\u003c\/i\u003e is not only the first surviving Greek drama. It is also the only tragedy to take for its subject historical rather than mythical events: the repulse of the army of Xerxes at Salamis in 480 B.C. It has frequently been mined for information on the tactics of Salamis or the Greeks' knowledge of Persian names or institutions, but it also has a broader value, one that has not often been realised. What does it tell us about Greek representations of Persia, or of the Athenians' self-image? What can we glean from it of the politics of early fifth-century Athens, or of the Athenians' conception of their empire? How, if at all, can such questions be approached without doing violence to the Persians as a drama? What are the implications of the play for the nature of tragedy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews, UK. His publications include\u003ci\u003e Divinity and History: the religion of Herodotus\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eas editor \u003ci\u003eGreeks and Barbarians\u003c\/i\u003e (2002) and the \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42121867690119,"sku":"9781350113411","price":77.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1f05e65495bdd6e96e7d14dd9f8278b3.webp?v=1732556472","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-emptiness-of-asia-aeschylus-persians-and-the-history-of-the-fifth-century-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}