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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 ...
Introduction. “Prometheus Bound” (Gr: “Prometheus Desmotes” ) is a tragedy often attributed to the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus although it is now usually considered to be almost certainly the work of another (unknown) hand, perhaps as late as 415 BCE. It is based on the myth of Prometheus, the Titan who was punished by the god ...
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. Despite his seeming isolation, Prometheus is.
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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.
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.
FX 1: The sound of a strong icy wind and turbulent ocean before the actors enter the stage. Enter Kratos, and Via dragging behind them in chains, Prometheus. They are accompanied by Hephaistos. All three are carrying heavy shackles and clamps, mallets and heavy hammers. Some chains are of steel others of bronze.
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Analysis. Kratos and Bia, the servants of Zeus, arrive at the top of the Scythian mountains, the very edge of Greek civilization, with Hephaistos and a captive Prometheus. “Hephaistos,” Kratos says, “you must carry out the Father’s will / and bind the criminal to this steep looming rock / with chains of adamant, unbreakable.”.
