Dareios

Also known as: DAREIOS / Dar / Dar. · Family: Persian · Role: former king and father of Xerxes · First appears: Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 1

Life events

• Atossa performs offerings and summons Dareios from the dead to advise the Persians.(Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 4)
  • With: Atossa
  • “But ye, my friends, o'er these libations poured In honour of the dead, chant forth your hymns, And call upon Dareios as a God:”
• Dareios appears from the tomb after being summoned by the mourners.(Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 4)
  • “The Ghost of DAREIOS appears on the summit of the mound”
• Dareios condemns Xerxes for attempting to enslave the Hellespont and master the gods.(Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 4 · 📍 Hellespont)
  • With: Xerxes Poseidon
  • “To curb the sacred Hellespont with fetters, As though it were his slave, and sought to alter The stream of God, the Bosporos”
• Dareios departs from the living world, disappearing into the earth.(Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 5)
  • “[Exit, disappearing in the earth.”

Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 1

• child: Xerxes “He, the offspring of Dareios,”
• married with Atossa “Wife of Dareios! hail!”

Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 2

• child: Xerxes (Dareios is identified as the father of the son whom the dream then identifies as Xerxes.) “And my son falls low, and then His father comes, Dareios, pitying him. And lo! when Xerxes sees him, he his clothes Rends round his limbs.”

Aeschylus, The Persians — Scene 4

• child: Xerxes “What son of mine led that host hither, tell me? Atoss. Xerxes o'er-hasty, emptying all the mainland.”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Tragedy. Made with Rho MD.