Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus - Dover ed.)

Author: Aeschylus

ISBN: 9780486287621

Binding: paperback

Section: Literature of the Ancient World

In Greek legend, Prometheus was the Titan who, against the will of Zeus, stole fire from the gods for the benefit of man. His terrible punishment by Zeus, and his continuing defiance of Zeus in the face of that punishment, remain universal symbols of man's vulnerability in any struggle with the gods.