Phoenissae

play by Phrynichus

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In Phrynichus
…the Great Dionysia competition with Phoenissae (“Phoenician Women”), a play about the Greek victory over the Persian fleet at the battle of Salamis (480 bc) and the lamentation that followed at the court of the Persian king Xerxes. Of the many Greek tragedies whose titles have survived, The Capture of…
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