105: Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound

Prometheus Bound (Ancient Greek: Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης, romanized: Promētheús Desmṓtēs) is an ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus and thought to have been composed sometime between 479 BC and 424 BC. The tragedy is based on the myth of Prometheus, a Titan who defies Zeus, and protects and gives fire to mankind, for which he is subjected to the wrath of Zeus and punished (more).

A collection we have used earlier has a translation of Prometheus Bound:

Mary Lefkowitz and James Romm, eds. The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (Modern Library Classics)

Table of Contents of the whole collection:

• Persians ; The Oresteia: Agamemnon ; The Oresteia: Libation bearers ; The Oresteia: Eumenides ; Prometheus Bound / Aeschylus
• Oedipus the king ; Antigone ; Electra ; Oedipus at Colonus / Sophocles
• Alcestis ; Medea ; Hippolytus ; Electra ; Trojan women ; Helen ; Bacchae / Euripides.

The Greek text, edited by Herbert Weir Smyth, is online on the Perseus Hopper at https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0009