Suppliant Women

Name: Suppliant Women
Author: Aeschylus
ISBN: 9781908343789

by Aeschylus

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Aeschylus' Suppliant Women begins with a procession of girls, dressed in foreign costume and carrying boughs - tokens of supplication - arriving in Argos. Fugitives from Egypt they are in flight from their cousins, the sons of Aegyptus, who want them as wives and they seek asylum from King Pelasgus.

First published 1930379 pages

800

Category: Literature
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 10
Editions known: 2

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 800
Library of Congress (LCC): PR6057.R389 S87 2017PA3827.S7 B69 2013PA3825

Subjects

822/.914Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author)DanausDanaus, King of Argos (Mythological character)Danaus, King of Argos (Mythological character) -- DramaDramaGreek drama (Tragedy)Greek drama, translations into englishGreek literature, hellenisticHellenistic Greek literaturePr6057.r389 s87 2017Translations into English

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ISBN 9781908343789English

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First published1930

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