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Is anyone here familiar with Prometehus Bound?

It's an ancient play, one of the oldest we have, about a simple man who was horrifically punished by the powers that be for the terrible crime of trying to bring light to the common people.

In the words of Aeschylus, "No good deed goes unpunished".

I cannot tell you how much consolation I find in these slim pages.

>> No.11631818

>>11631157
dunno of it op

im gonna download it now though

>> No.11631827

>>11631818
Please support the author and buy a copy

>> No.11631832

the only thing greeks play with is each other's balls

>> No.11631838

>>11631157
Love The Oresteia - was Ted Hughes' translation

Will give this a read

>> No.11631850

I was utterly disappointed when I read the play. Especially since the Prometheus character has had so much impact on our culture, e.g. Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, the Prometheus movies and so on.

>> No.11631944

>>11631157
Yeah, I recently did a reading marathon where I went through all the plays from the 3 tragedians. Aeschyllus always stands out as the one most capable of giving life to myth. His message is that there's few things in human experience that compare to beholding in awe the power of the gods.

>> No.11632707

Calling a titan a simple man is pretty wide of the mark. Anyway. Read it a while ago. I suppose the consolation is that one can endure the suffering for something they've willed freely, but the dude knows his future, and he's petulant, also immortal.

>> No.11632723

>>11631850
Hesiod's version of events is much more entertaining than Aeschylus' interpretation.

>> No.11634169

>Is anyone here familiar with Prometehus Bound?
Yes. Read it for school when I was 15.
>It's an ancient play, one of the oldest we have,
It is believed to be written by Aeschylus' son, which makes most, if not all of Aes' plays older. IIRC the oldest one is his "The Persians".
>about a simple man
Immortal titans are simple men now?
>who was horrifically punished by the powers that be
Zeus*
>for the terrible crime of trying to bring light to the common people.
And disobeying Zeus
>I cannot tell you how much consolation I find in these slim pages.
I see.

>> No.11634189

>>11634169
based

>> No.11634566

I find sort of funny how scared Zeus was of Prometehus knowledge of the fate of the Olympians
With this only, the Titan held a greater power than any of these gods and is one of the few times in the greek plays that pride is justified
I mean, this nigga gave no fucks
damn

>> No.11636353

>>11631157
Which edition is the best one?

>> No.11636683

>a simple man
He's not a man and he's not at all 'simple', you dolt. And he deserved what he got. Sure, Zeus is an ungrateful tyrant, but Prometheus is being stubborn and unrepentant for breaking the supreme god's will, and one just doesn't do that. Not only he refuses to apologize, but he keeps blackmailing Zeus with some important piece of knowledge he may have but he ain't telling, until he manages to really piss off the big guy.

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11636689

>>11631157
>Is anyone here familiar with Prometehus Bound?
i neva hr of it..

>> No.11636821

>>11631827
HAHAHAHA, pathetic whiteknight. Fuck off with your 'support the author' I ain't their father nor mother, I'm a mere stranger and will do whatever I please. Your false sense of morality and doing good is just an act so you can feel superior and talk like a saint. This world is a cruel one, one where I look out for my own interest and neglect the world around me.