Athens as a ‘Landscape of Trauma’. Phrynichus’ Sack of Miletus and the Aftermath of the Persian Wars

Eilis Loftus
Sunday 11 July 2021

By Giorgia Proietti

Abstract: Proietti argues that the play ‘Sack of Miletus’ was banned in Athens due to the Athenians’ collective traumatic memory of the Persian sack of Athens and the Persian Wars.

Chapter in an edited volume: The Ancient War’s Impact on the Home Front, Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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