Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound

by A. J. Podlecki (Editor)

Overview

The play's title figure has long held a central place in the 'libertarian' stream of Western culture, but controversies continue to swirl about the work and its hero.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780856684722
Publisher:	Liverpool University Press
Publication date:	11/01/2001
Series:	Aris and Phillips Classical Texts
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 5.80(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface
Introduction
1. Prometheus, Bringer-of-fire
2. Prometheus in archaic Greece
3. Associated myths
4. Near Eastern parallels
5. Prometheus in fifth-century cult
6. Prometheus philanthropes: the fifth-century idea of progress
7. The Prometheus Bound in its trilogy; possible sequels
8. The "Problem" of Zeus
9. Prometheus in ancient Greek art
10. True Promethean fire
11. The Text of Prometheus Bound
Symbols in the Apparatus Criticus
Greek Text (with Apparatus) and facing Translation
Commentary

Appendices
1. The Authenticity of Prometheus Bound
2. The Geography of Prometheus Bound
Bibliography and Abbreviations

Editorial Reviews

The Introduction is worth the price of the book on its own. But the Commentary too is superb...every school and University Classics Department should purchase at least one copy."

JACT Review, 2006 - Robert Tatam