Description

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A ghost summoned with bizarre rituals from the underworld, the elaborate protocol of the Persian court, a thrilling eye-witness account of the battle of Salamis - as the earliest surviving European drama it is of incalculable interest for students of ancient literature: as the only extended account of the Persian wars by an author who fought in ...

About the Author

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Edith Hall is Professor of Classics at King's College, London. Her publications include Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre 1660-1914 (co-authored with Fiona Macintosh, Oxford University Press, 2005), and The Theatrical Cast of Athens: Interactions between Ancient Greek Drama & Society (Oxford University Press, 2006).