The Persians: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Persians, credited to Aeschylus, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Persians by Aeschylus. (Translated by Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead.) Read in English by Elizabeth Klett; Kristin Gjerløw; ToddHW; Libby Gohn; Peter Tucker; Mary J; Sarah Terry; Tara Flynn This is one of the few Greek tragedies that deals with historical events rather than mythological ones. The elders of the Persian court await new of the outcome of the Battle of Salamis, and mourn when they find that their king, Xerxes, has lost to the Greeks. - Summary by Libby Gohn Cast List Narrator: Mary J Chorus of Persian Elders: Elizabeth Klett, Tara Flynn, Sarah Terry Atossa: Kristin Gjerløw A Messenger: Libby Gohn The Ghost of Darius: Peter Tucker Xerxes: ToddHW

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Persians
• Author credits: Aeschylus
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 2
• Listed recording duration: 1:05:59

Catalogue topics

• war
• athens
• greece
• Persia
• xerxes
• darius
• battle of salamis

Track guide

1. 01 - Part 1 — 32:56
2. 02 - Part 2 — 33:02

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