Prometheus Bound (Paperback)

The titanic and tragic figure of Prometheus, so familiar to readers of Goethe, Shelley, or Karl Marx, continues to capture the modern imagination. In fact, a simplified image of Prometheus--an image that has little to do with the complex figure created by Aeschylus--has become more prominent and influential than the play itself.

For readers accustomed to the relatively undramatic standard translations of the play, this version by James Scully, a poet and winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize, and C. John Herington, one of the world's foremost Aeschylean scholars, will come as a revelation. Scully and Herington accentuate the play's true power, drama, and relevance to modern times. Aeschylus originally wrote Prometheus Bound as part of a tragic trilogy, and this translation is unique in including the extant fragments of the companion plays.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Greek Tragedy in New Translations
Release date:	February 1990
First published:	February 1990
Authors:	Aeschylus
Translators:	James Scully • C. John Herington
Dimensions:	205 x 136 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-506165-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	0-19-506165-9
Barcode:	9780195061659

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