Emptiness of Asia

This is a literary study of Aeschylus'' Persians alongside Herodotus'' Histories, 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 Persai in the context of the times.

Aeschylus'' Persians is not only the first surviving Greek drama. It is also the only t...