Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against ThebesAeschylus
Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus
Drama
Book language: English
87 pages
This volume presents two tragedies by Aeschylus in a literal English translation. Prometheus Bound shows the Titan Prometheus punished by Zeus for defying him, while Seven Against Thebes follows the brothers Eteocles and Polynices and the war at Thebes' gates. Both works offer vivid early Greek drama.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
ÆSCHYLUS' PROMETHEUS BOUND AND THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES. LITERALLY TRANSLATED, With Critical and Illustrative Notes, by THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY, B.A. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EDWARD BROOKS, Jr. PHILADELPHIA: DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER, 610 SOUTH WASHINGTON SQUARE. Copyright, 1897, by David McKay INTRODUCTION. Æschylus, the first of the great Grecian writers of tragedy, was born at Eleusis, in 525 B.C. He was the son of Euphorion, who was probably a wealthy owner of rich vineyards. The poet's early employment was to watch the grapes and protect them from the ravages of men and other animals, and it is said that this occupation led to the development of his dramatic genius. It is more easy to believe that it was responsible for the development of certain other less admirable qualities of the poet.
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