Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound [Paperback]

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.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.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