A lot crammed into a small volume. Enjoyed. Not too certain about translation but it was readable and fluent.

A ver, sí, es la primera tragedia conservada y por eso se lleva su mérito. Pero no está entre mos favoritas.

ich hab so 5% verstanden und die handlung ist dass jemand ein krieg verloren hat ja das ist genau so spannend wie es sich anhört

The hubris of Xerxes is punished by heaven.

Aiskhylos'un en önemli eserlerinden biri olan kitap, Tanrıların Yunanların yanında olması ve Persler'e sırtını dönmesi yüzünden Yunanlılara karşı büyük bir hezimete uğrayan Persler'in hikayesini anlatan bir tragedya. Aslında tanıdık olduğumuz bir hikayesi var çünkü çoğumuz 300 Spartalı filmini izledik muhtemelen ve Persler de temel olarak aslında filme de konu olan hikayenin yenilgi kısmının Persler üzerindeki etkisini anlatıyor diyebiliriz. Çeviri konusunda başlarda biraz sorun yaşadım ve içine girmekte zorlandım ama zamanla adapte oldum diyebiliriz.

Translation By: Philip Vellacott

This is written like a tragedy, but I could only imagine the original audience of Athena guffawing at this

I'm greatly disappointed by this play. It is unrefined, boring, crammed with endless lists of dead people and scenes of tasteless lamentation for the sake of lamentation.

It makes you wonder how it can be possible that the same person who wrote Prometheus Bound also wrote this.

*2.5*
banco muchísimo que, apenas volvió jerjes, le echaron en cara todas las cagadas que se mandó en la batalla. jodete por boludo y egoísta
el principio fue un embole, después se vuelve un poco interesante cuando el mensajero está contando el chisme, pero medio que queda ahí. lo mejor es cuando jerjes y el coro se pasan las últimas diez páginas diciendo ay ay pena lamento dolor aflicción

I had to read this for school. It was so boring.

It's really intriguing to read a Greek tragedy that isn't mythical in nature. This play is incredibly unique. It takes place only 8 years before during Xerxes' Persian invasion. And as the title implies, all characters are Persian. It makes one think what an Athenian audience would think of a play performed in Athens about the Persian defeat by the Athenians. While it certainly isn't anti-Athenian, it does look at the Persians in a sympathetic light. I am definitely going to look for some secondary literature about this play.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I think I've read the phrase "Oh woe" more than there are pages to the play, but aside for that pretty good!