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Io, thus, met chained Prometheus during her journey, who gave her comfort. He predicted that, one day, Io would take back her human form, bear children from Zeus and one of her descendants would come to free Prometheus from his torture. After many years of wandering, Io eventually reached Egypt, where Zeus gave her back her human form.
Prometheus Bound By Aeschylus Written ca. 430 B.C.E. Dramatis Personae KRATOS BIA HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS OF THE OCEANIDES OCEANUS IO Scene Mountainous country, and in the middle of a deep gorge a Rock, towards which KRATOS and BIA carry the gigantic form of PROMETHEUS. HEPHAESTUS follows dejectedly with hammer, nails, chains, etc. KRATOS.
According to Prometheus, after Io arrives at “Thesprotian Zeus ’s shrine of prophecy,” she will meet Dodona “on her lofty ridge.” “Thou shalt be Zeus’s fabled bride one day,” Dodona will say, and Io will “smile” and be “flattered.” Still plagued by the gadfly, Io will move along the coast to “the great gulf of Rhea,” where a storm will force her to change direction.
The following conversation between them reveals first, the prophesy of Zeus's downfall, which would profit both Prometheus and Io, and then the prophesy that Io's descendant will free Prometheus. In other ways, too, Prometheus and Io are bound together by fate. The former is a victim of Zeus's hatred, while the latter is a victim of his love.
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. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The tragedy is based on the myth of Prometheus, a Titan who defies ...
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. Despite his seeming isolation, Prometheus is visited by the ancient god Oceanus, by a chorus of Oceanus’s daughters, by the “cow-headed” Io (another victim of ...
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Zeus is left isolated from both Prometheus and the audience. The isolation reinforces the impressiveness of his power, which would be diminished if we were to see him. At the same time, however, this isolation makes Zeus look very lonely. We see this through a contrast with Prometheus, who closes the play in the company of his friends.
