Aeschylus's Persians is the oldest surviving drama and was presented in 472 B.C.
The play's chorus consists of the noble Persian elders who stayed at home in Susa during the wars.
The play's central character is Atossa, the widow of Darius and the mother of Xerxes.
The messenger speech is one of the longest speeches in any Greek play, retelling the entire Battle of Salamis as envisioned through Persian eyes.

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