{"product_id":"2026200010185-secondhand-suppliants","title":"Suppliants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn\/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the oldest surviving plays in Western literature, Suppliants presents a gripping drama of desperation, divine law, and political power — the fifty daughters of Danaus, the Danaids, flee Egypt to escape forced marriage to their cousins, the sons of Aegyptus, and seek sanctuary in the city of Argos. Aeschylus, the father of Greek tragedy, constructs a tense confrontation between the suppliant women, the Argive king Pelasgus, and the pursuing Egyptians, forcing a reckoning between mortal authority and the sacred obligations owed to those who seek refuge under the protection of the gods. Janet Lembke's translation brings the archaic grandeur of Aeschylus's choral verse into vivid, accessible English, preserving the ritualistic power and lyrical intensity of the original Greek. Suppliants endures as a profound meditation on asylum, sovereignty, and the rights of the vulnerable — questions as urgent today as they were in fifth-century Athens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130664362203,"sku":"2026200010185-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/43654ed5-b618-4d2c-8a00-bba43118310d.png?v=1786588153","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010185-secondhand-suppliants","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}