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The Persians (Ancient Greek: Πέρσαι, Persai, Latinised as Persae) is an ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. It is the second and only surviving part of a now otherwise lost trilogy that won the first prize at the dramatic competitions in Athens ' City Dionysia ...
The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC. The collision between the fractious political world of the Greeks and the enormous empire of the Persians began when Cyrus the Great conquered the Greek ...
'The Book of Kings', modern Iranian Persian pronunciation [ʃɒːh.nɒː.ˈme]), [a] also transliterated Shahnama, [b] is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran.
The Persians (/ ˈ p ɜːr ʒ ən z / PUR-zhənz or / ˈ p ɜːr ʃ ən z / PUR-shənz) are a Western Iranian ethnic group who comprise the majority of the population of Iran. [4] They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language [6] [7] [8] as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian.
The Medo-Persian conflict was a military campaign led by the Median king Astyages against Persis in the mid 6th-century BCE. Classical sources claim that Persis had been a vassal of the Median kingdom that revolted against Median rule, but this is not confirmed by contemporary evidence.
(The Center Square) – Street racers could soon face a rude awakening under legislation considered by state lawmakers on Thursday to require speed-limiters for certain offenses. Rep. Mari Leavitt ...
The Persian Empire's borders were fixed and their previously numerous expansive expeditions became rare. [89] After the Persian defeat at Mycale, the satrapy of Bactria initiated an armed revolt, which may have bolstered the resolve of Artabanus to assassinate Xerxes. [90] The Temple of Athena Nike in the Acropolis of Athens, built c. 420 BC.
(The Center Square) – The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that Tennessee's Protect Tennessee Minors Act can go into effect. Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti called the decision ...