Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound

Florence Yoon (University of British Columbia)
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Prometheus Bound tells the story of the punishment of the Titan Prometheus for giving fire to mankind, which is also familiar to us from two accounts by the archaic poet Hesiod. The play opens with the binding of Prometheus, and concludes with a cataclysm in which he is swallowed by the earth. The plot of the play is what Aristotle calls simple; there are no reversals of fortune.

Prometheus Bound

tells the story of the punishment of the Titan Prometheus for giving fire to mankind, which is also familiar to us from two accounts by the archaic poet Hesiod. The play opens with the binding of Prometheus, and concludes with a cataclysm in which he is swallowed by the earth. The plot of the play is what Aristotle calls simple; there are no reversals of fortune.

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Citation: Yoon, Florence. "Prometheus Bound". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 January 2014 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=2546, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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