One work by this man was produced to celebrate the re-founding of its title location by King Hiero; that play, now lost, featured the nymph Thaleia being swallowed by the earth, which then gave birth to the Palikoi.
One work by this man was produced to celebrate the re-founding of its title location by King Hiero; that play, now lost, featured the nymph Thaleia being swallowed by the earth, which then gave birth to the Palikoi. Another work, the first member of a trilogy which also included The Egyptians, features King Pelasgus of Argos protecting the daughters of Danaus from a forced marriage. In addition to Women of Aetna and The Suppliants, this man produced a play based on the battle of Salamis, The Persians, while forces led by Eteocles and Polyneices square off in his Seven Against Thebes. The winner of the contest in the underworld in Aristophanes's The Frogs, FTP, name this Greek playwright, also famous for writing Prometheus Bound and the Oresteia.
One work by this man was produced to celebrate the re-founding of its title location by King Hiero; that play, now lost, featured the nymph Thaleia being swallowed by the earth, which then gave birth to the Palikoi.
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