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Aeschylus' The Persians - Coggle Diagram
Aeschylus' The Persians
parados and foreboding
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the first 64 lines express the chorus' pride in the splendour, wealth and antiquity of the Persian empire
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foreboding
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at the end of the first section, the Persian women are mourning as if the men were already dead
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the return of xerxes
the chrous
sings praises of darius, and xerxes then returns in rags
xerxes and the chorus confront one another, where xerxes is blamed for the defeat
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