Near the beginning of this play, a woman recounts a dream in which her son attempts to put a bridle and yoke on two women.
This play includes the prophecy that the "mother of disasters" will occur "where the plain grows lush and green" because a man has been insolent and scorned god. A messenger in this play relays a battle cry that includes the call to "set free your children, wives, places of your ancestral gods, and tombs of your ancestors" after listing the names of generals killed in battle. Near the beginning of this play, a woman recounts a dream in which her son attempts to put a bridle and yoke on two women. In one scene in this play, a former king appears before Atossa and rebukes his son for using ships to form a bridge to allow troops to cross a channel. For 10 points, name this tragedy by Aeschylus in which the ghost of Darius is summoned in the aftermath of Xerxes's defeat at Salamis.
This play includes the prophecy that the "mother of disasters" will occur "where the plain grows lush and green" because a man has been insolent and scorned god.
The Persians [or Persai; or Persae]