The Suppliant Maidens

by Aeschylus

Book Overview

Aeschylus starts his tetralogy boldly, making the Danaids themselves prologue, chorus and protagonist. Guided by their father Danaus, these girls have fled from Egypt, where their cousins want to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627550003
• ISBN13: 9781627550000
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: SMK Books
• Length: 50 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Sisters fleeing cousins.

This is the first play of a trilogy by Aeschylus (c. 525-456 B. C.), the other two being lost (Aeschylus wrote over seventy plays of which only seven are extant). It begins the story of the daughters of Danaus. The brothers Aegyptus and Danaus were descendents of Io. Aegyptus had fifty sons and Danaus had fifty daughters and the sons are determined to marry their cousins. The daughters flee to Argos, seeking sanctuary from Pelasgus, King of Argos. The play, which contains very little action, is really serving as a prologue to the other two missing members of the trilogy.