Greek tragedy is radical because it does not treat the chorus as passive, but as a surrogate public, a dramatized citizen ...

The world’s first surviving play returns with startling urgency. Written by Aeschylus, a Greek soldier who fought in the very war he depicts, the play tells the story of Greece’s victory from the ...

The question of Helen’s involvement in the Trojan War clearly poses difficult questions—and has done so ever since the age of ...

The Persians decided on important matters by debating major issues twice, once while sober and again while drunk.

At Trump’s Mount Pocono rally, a attendee’s “Persian for Trump” T-shirt drew attention as it appeared on camera throughout the speech, sparking massive buzz. President Donald Trump held a ...

The Apadana, which was used as a gathering hall for receptions, was the largest building in Persepolis. A relief on the stairway includes depictions of delegates to the Achaemenid royal court (left), ...

This two-foot-tall basalt statue depicts Udjahorresnet, an Egyptian courtier who held high positions under the final two pharaohs of the 26th Dynasty (664–526 B.C.) and the first two pharaohs of the ...

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Aeschylus, widely regarded as the “Father of Tragedy,” was one of the first of classical Athens’ great dramatists. He raised the emerging art of tragedy to new heights of poetry and theatrical power.

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Ancient Iran, historically known as Persia, was the dominant nation of western Asia for over twelve centuries, with three successive native dynasties—the Achaemenid, the Parthian, and the ...

Euripides (circa 480 – 406 BC) was the last of the three great tragedians of Classical Greece - the other two being Aeschylus, the ‘Father of Tragedy’ who, among many others wrote Agamemnon (458 BC) ...