The Persian

The play that I selected was The Persians by Aeschylus translated by George Theodoridis copyright in 2009 with the rights reserved by Bacchicstage. The characters in this play include Xeres, who was the King of Persia at the time and is presented in the play as a dejected king who was responsible for the downfall of Persia because of his young rash decisions to go to war with the Greeks. When described by the ghost of his father, Darius, he is presented as a young king who would do anything to…

The Persian Wars between the Greeks and the Persians of the Achaemenid Empire at the beginning of the fifth century BC. They are triggered by the revolt of the Asian Greek cities against the Persian domination, the intervention of Athens in their favor causing retaliation. The two military expeditions of the Achaemenid sovereigns Darius I and Xerxes I constitute the main military episodes of this conflict; they are concluded by the spectacular victory of the European Greek cities led by Athens…

The Persian wars were battles between Greece and the Persian empire, this war started in 490 BCE and ended in 479 BCE. Greece is a country in the south eastern area of Europe and wasn’t united as a country but split into many different city-states. Athens and Sparta(who were great enemies) eventually combined forces to fight against Persia. At the time, the Persian empire was the biggest empire that conquered from southern Egypt to Eastern India. It was founded in 550 BCE by Cyrus the great.…

The Persians mainly had one main religion called Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism is one of world’s ancient religions that the Persians practiced. A male prophet named Zarathustra preached this religion. His religion started out in the Iranian community and then Cyrus the Great of Persia adopted it. Zoroastrianism is so influential because their rulers hold imperial powers for about 1,000 years. One of the Zoroastrianism beliefs was that the world was governed by good and evil. Another belief…

The Assyrian and the Persian empire were two empires that were very successful in their own right. Both empires differed in how they were governed and how they treated the citizens of their empires. However, regardless of the major differences, there were still a few similarities between the two of them. This paper will compare and contrast the administrative structure of both empires, along with the leader’s attitudes toward their citizens. The Assyrian Empire as a whole was a rather…

with mountains acting as a natural barrier and easy access to the sea, they were battle tested by the Persians. The Persian Wars tested Greek poleis’ on their ability to preserve their independence over other city-states. After the battle of Platea, Athens decided to form the Delian League of cities to continue to resist the Persians, ultimately liberating Ionia and its Greek settlements from Persian control. Athens was in desperate need of leader who could guide this powerful city-state, which…

Writers and thinkers of the Enlightenment age, sharply, argued issues about women’s rights. Issues like her “natural rights” and liberation from the familial control were discussed. In his novel “Persians Letters” 1721, Montesquieu contradicted the eighteenth century, prominent gender view, which stated that women should only do domestic duties in their home and they should be confined in it, through criticizing the institution of the harem, which holds the same requirement of confinement. One…

The Persian shop owner and his family have enormously involved relationships, usually circling around racism, immigration and anger. Three theories that would accurately describe the relationship between the Persian shop owner and his family would be Dissonance, resistance and emission and homeostasis. Dissonance Dissonance is “initiated by [the] crisis or negative experience; [the person] becomes aware racism exists; and not all aspects of minority and majority culture are good or bad” (Daniels…

how the Persian ruler’s tactics were similar were between the first ruler, Cyrus, and one of the later rulers, Darius. When it comes to Cyrus, he made sure that people loved him, but make them know to stay on his good side. Cyrus showed many acts of love when he conquered new lands. When adding new land to Persia, Cyrus would come into other’s land wearing clothes from their culture, show…

Outline: How the war started/background Marathon Thermopylae Salamis Plataea After the war Legacies Persian/Greco-Persian Wars - 492-449 BC Between Greece and Persia Most intense fighting - 490-479 BC Persia 2 invasions against Greece Darius ruled Persia 522-486 BC Expanding rapidly, especially into Europe, Ionia, Thrace, Macedonia Wanted to take over Greece next (Athens) Ionia - rebelled against Persian satrap 500-494 BC known as Ionian Rebellion Satrap - provincial governor in ancient Persia…