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Prometheus Bound, tragedy by Aeschylus, the dating of which is uncertain. The play concerns the god Prometheus, who in defiance of Zeus (Jupiter) has saved humanity with his gift of fire. For this act Zeus has ordered that he be chained to a remote crag.
PROMETHEUS. Oh that he had conveyed me 'Neath earth, 'neath hell that swalloweth up the dead; In Tartarus, illimitably vast With adamantine fetters bound me fast- There his fierce anger on me visited, Where never mocking laughter could upbraid me Of God or aught beside!
Prometheus Bound (Ancient Greek: Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης, romanized: Promētheús Desmṓtēs) is an ancient Greek tragedy traditionally attributed to Aeschylus and thought to have been composed sometime between 479 BC and the terminus ante quem of 424 BC.
Prometheus Bound is a play by the ancient Greek tragedian Aeschylus that was likely written around 456 BCE. It tells the story of Prometheus, a Titan who defies the gods by giving fire to humanity and is subsequently punished by Zeus.
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AESCHYLUS, PROMETHEUS BOUND. AESCHYLUS was a Greek tragedian who flourished in Athens in the early C5th B.C. Of the 76 plays he is known to have written only seven survive--1. The Persians, 2. Seven Against Thebes, 3. Suppliant Women, 4 - 6. The Oresteia Trilogy ( Agamemnon, Libation Bearers or Choephori and The Eumenides ), 7.
Feb 2, 2018 · The Greek dramatist Aeschylus (c. 525 - c. 456 BCE) is considered one of the greatest tragic playwrights of his generation. He is often referred to as the “Father of Greek Tragedy .”. Older than both Sophocles and Euripides, he was the most popular and influential of all tragedians of his era.
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