In front of the palace of the king of Persia, the Council and the old Queen earned by worry: what happened to Xerxes and his army, parties submit Greece boldly crossing the Hellespont? But here"s a messenger, who is coming announce the outcome of the fighting ... With The Persians, Aeschylus composed a unique and paradoxical tragedy engage with recent history, almost without action, it deploys a sumptuous fabric stories and complaints, and the joy of the winner will subtly balance compassion for the defeated.