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The Suppliants (Suppliant Women or Suppliant Maidens) is one of the seven surviving tragedies by the Athenian playwright, Aeskhylus (Aeschylus).
The Supplicants is the story of Danaus and his fifty daughters after they had fled Egypt and went to Argos to seek sanctuary; they claimed that since the Greek maiden Io was their ancestor they should be granted the protection of the people of Argos; if they had stayed in Egypt they would have been forced to marry the sons of king Aegyptus who were their cousins; the people of Argos granted the women sanctuary and sent the herald of Aegyptus away empty-handed.
If you wish to read this play I suggest The Complete Greek Tragedies, Aeschylus II, edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, ISBN 0226307948; you can find this book at your library in the 800 section or you can order it through the Book Shop on this site which is linked to Amazon.com.
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