Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, Stanley Applebaum (Editor), Alan Weissman (Editor), George Thomson (Translator), George Derwent Thomson (Translator)

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  • Pub. Date: January 1996
  • 64pp
  • Sales Rank: 55,237

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    • Pub. Date: January 1996
    • Publisher: Dover Publications
    • Format: Paperback, 64pp
    • Sales Rank: 55,237

    Synopsis

    One of the greatest of the classical Greek dramas, based on the Greek legend of the Titan demi-god who, against the will of Zeus, steals fire from the gods for the benefit of man.

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    Scully and Herington accentuate the play's true power, drama, and relevance to modern times.

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    James Scully is Professor of English at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of several volumes of poetry, including The Marches, and winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize.
    C. John Herington is Professor of Classics and Talcott Professor of Greek at Yale University. He is the author of several books, including Poetry into Drama and Aeschylus.

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    July 28, 2000: This is the best play I have ever read, and I have read many, and even written a few. The Greek gods/goddesses were barbaric, and it is ironic that Prometheus, who created man and stole fire for him preceded these unjust tyrants, as tradition indicated that with succeeding generations, the gods became more civilized. Hephaestus regretted his orders to chain Prometheus and drive a through his heart to the rock, but performed the instructions of Zeus anyway. Prometheus provides, here, a clear indication of Christian values, and one wonders if the Muslim/Christian/Jewish God might use Prometheus as an alias.