Dr. Roel Konijnendijk

What's incredible is these scenes of Persian women and Athenian women weeping for their sons and their husbands. It is a great anti-war play. It's not the kind of table-thumping xenophobia we might have expected from an Athenian playwright writing about a victory over the dreaded enemy. It's a much, much more subtle war play than Said or many other people who have studied it have ever seen.

Now, many centuries later, that morphs and evolves. In later centuries, we have a guy called Timotheus who creates this kind of narrative, which was probably sung like an opera aria about the Battle of Salamis. And there, he did all the voices, as it were, of the Persian soldiers drowning in the seas, of the screaming of the Persian soldiers on land and so forth.

Now, many centuries later, that morphs and evolves. In later centuries, we have a guy called Timotheus who creates this kind of narrative, which was probably sung like an opera aria about the Battle of Salamis. And there, he did all the voices, as it were, of the Persian soldiers drowning in the seas, of the screaming of the Persian soldiers on land and so forth.

Now, many centuries later, that morphs and evolves. In later centuries, we have a guy called Timotheus who creates this kind of narrative, which was probably sung like an opera aria about the Battle of Salamis. And there, he did all the voices, as it were, of the Persian soldiers drowning in the seas, of the screaming of the Persian soldiers on land and so forth.

And that is far more kind of tub-thumping bit of propaganda. But I find it really remarkable that in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Salamis, Aeschylus presented his city and his fellow citizens with an image of the Battle of Salamis that in many respects contradicts what Herodotus was going to say about later on. It is a cautionary tale more than a tale of bravado and warfare.

And that is far more kind of tub-thumping bit of propaganda. But I find it really remarkable that in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Salamis, Aeschylus presented his city and his fellow citizens with an image of the Battle of Salamis that in many respects contradicts what Herodotus was going to say about later on. It is a cautionary tale more than a tale of bravado and warfare.

And that is far more kind of tub-thumping bit of propaganda. But I find it really remarkable that in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Salamis, Aeschylus presented his city and his fellow citizens with an image of the Battle of Salamis that in many respects contradicts what Herodotus was going to say about later on. It is a cautionary tale more than a tale of bravado and warfare.

Yes, he does, but it's a very pragmatic return. That's because we know that there is a huge rebellion that breaks out in Babylon, and there is no way that Xerxes can afford to lose that jewel in the crown. And really, that means that he withdraws himself, and with a great many forces from the theater of war in the West, just moves it elsewhere.

Yes, he does, but it's a very pragmatic return. That's because we know that there is a huge rebellion that breaks out in Babylon, and there is no way that Xerxes can afford to lose that jewel in the crown. And really, that means that he withdraws himself, and with a great many forces from the theater of war in the West, just moves it elsewhere.

Yes, he does, but it's a very pragmatic return. That's because we know that there is a huge rebellion that breaks out in Babylon, and there is no way that Xerxes can afford to lose that jewel in the crown. And really, that means that he withdraws himself, and with a great many forces from the theater of war in the West, just moves it elsewhere.

Yeah, my book, Persians, the Age of the Great Kings, is available in all good bookshops and in paperback and in 15 languages. And my new book on Babylon, which includes a lot, obviously, on the Persian intervention in Babylonia, will be on sale early next year.

Yeah, my book, Persians, the Age of the Great Kings, is available in all good bookshops and in paperback and in 15 languages. And my new book on Babylon, which includes a lot, obviously, on the Persian intervention in Babylonia, will be on sale early next year.

Yeah, my book, Persians, the Age of the Great Kings, is available in all good bookshops and in paperback and in 15 languages. And my new book on Babylon, which includes a lot, obviously, on the Persian intervention in Babylonia, will be on sale early next year.

Hallo ihr Mäuse, wir sind Janni und Alina vom Podcast Wine Wednesday.

Hallo ihr Mäuse, wir sind Janni und Alina vom Podcast Wine Wednesday.

Hallo ihr Mäuse, wir sind Janni und Alina vom Podcast Wine Wednesday.

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