Prometheus Bound (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Aeschylus
- First Published: 1777
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Remote antiquity
- Setting: A barren cliff in Scythia
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Legends, Gods or goddesses, Heroes or heroism, Fire, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Argos, ancient, Scythia, ancient
Characters Discussed
Prometheus (proh-MEE-thee- uhs), a Titan, the son of Themis (Earth). In the revolt of Zeus against Kronos, he had sided with Zeus and had provided the counsel by which the older gods had been overthrown. Later, he persuaded Zeus to spare humankind, whom Zeus had planned to destroy. He has broken the command of the king of the gods by bringing to humans the gift of fire and instructing them in all the arts and crafts. For this flouting of the will of Zeus, he is carried, a prisoner, by Kratos (Might) and Bia (Force) to a rocky cliff in remote Scythia, there...
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