Prometheus Trilogy: Prometheus Bound translated by Henry David Thoreau with fragments and descriptions of Prometheus Unbound and Prometheus the Fire Bearer

Aeschylus

ISBN 10: 1941667228 / ISBN 13: 9781941667224

Published by Omo Press, 2019

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00082486404

Synopsis:

BUY THE EXPANDED SECOND EDITION, NOT THE OBSOLETE FIRST EDITION. LOOK FOR "SECOND EDITION" IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE FRONT COVER.

Prometheus Bound has been one of the most influential of the classical Greek tragedies, inspiring poems by Goethe, Shelly, Byron and others. But it is often misunderstood, because it is read in isolation. Read by itself, Prometheus Bound seems to tell the story of Prometheus’ heroic resistance to Zeus’ tyranny. But when we read the entire trilogy, we can see that the relation between Zeus and Prometheus is far more complex. Prometheus Bound has always been considered one of the greatest Greek tragedies - and this book lets us see that the Prometheus trilogy as a whole is more powerful than this one play.

This edition uses Henry David Thoreau’s translation of Prometheus Bound, published in 1843 in The Dial magazine, the most making it available to a wide audience in book form for the first time. This edition also includes an introduction by the great classical scholar, Nikolaus Wecklein, which has long been out of print, and also includes commentary by Charles Siegel, which makes an important new contribution to scholars’ attempts to reconstruct the Prometheus trilogy.

This second edition is an expanded version of the first edition, published in 2015.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Prometheus Trilogy: Prometheus Bound ...
Publisher: Omo Press
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good