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Prometheus Bound

Author
Aeschylus
Series
Plays by Aeschylus
Language
English
Length
66 pages
ISBN
9781911535744
Published
19 October 2016
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Prometheus
  • Zeus
  • Aeschylus
  • Greek
  • tragedy
  • play
  • Greece
  • drama
  • mythology
  • history

Description

Prometheus, a Titan who defies the gods and gives fire to mankind, acts for which he is subjected to perpetual punishment. The Oceanids appear and attempt to comfort Prometheus by conversing with him. Prometheus cryptically tells them that he knows of a potential marriage that would lead to Zeus's downfall. A Titan named Oceanus commiserates with Prometheus and urges him to make peace with Zeus.

Author

Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian. His plays, alongside those of Sophocles and Euripides, are the only works of Classical Greek literature to have survived. He is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is largely based on inferences made from reading his surviving plays.