How long does it take to read Seven Against Thebes?
Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus takes about 2 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 20 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1812. 127 pages, about 34,925 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 50 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle between an Argive army led by Polynices and the army of Thebes led by Eteocles and his supporters.
Subjects: Drama, Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology), Polyneices (Greek mythology), Eteocles (Greek mythology), Seven against Thebes, Greek Mythology
