Persians, The

American  

noun

1. a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.

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Example Sentences

As fine as all these books are, the best of all is a very old one that Zarghamee quotes throughout “Discovering Cyrus,” the anecdote-rich, endlessly entertaining account of the Greek war with the Persians, “The Histories” of Herodotus.

From Washington Post

The landscape around the Caspian Sea, where Asia merges almost imperceptibly into Europe, is a palimpsest of history and culture, containing the traces of several empires that have risen and fallen over the centuries; the Ottomans, the Persians, the Mongols, and the Russians have come and gone.

From The New Yorker

Arwad had been a strategic military possession for an endless succession of sea powers: the Phoenicians, the Assyrians, the Achaemenid Persians, the Greeks under Alexander, the Romans, the Crusaders, the Mongols, the Turks, the French, and the British.

From Literature

Orientalism is a profoundly influential and controversial study of the way in which, for at least 2,000 years, ever since the wars between the ancient Greeks and the Persians, the west has fought with, and largely dominated, the east through a persuasive colonial version of its culture and politics.

From The Guardian

And for Persians, the day is especially noteworthy: The first day of spring – which falls on the vernal equinox – also marks Nowruz, the Persian New Year.

From US News