Prometheus Bound | Study Guide
Aeschylus
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Prometheus Bound | Section Summaries
Timeline of Events
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Prometheus reveals Io's future and explains how he will be freed by one of her descendants.
Episode 3Later
Hermes demands Prometheus tell who the woman is that will bear a son who will overthrow Zeus.
Exodos
Section Summaries Chart
| Section | Summary |
|---|---|
| Prologos | Two attendants of Zeus, Strength (often translated as Power) and Violence, drag Prometheus to the barren wastes of remot... Read More |
| Parodos | The Chorus members tell Prometheus they are his friends and have come after having heard the sounds of Hephaestus poundi... Read More |
| Episode 1 | Prometheus explains to the Chorus when the gods first broke into two factions—those who wanted to overthrow Cronos and e... Read More |
| Stasimon 1 | The Chorus says it is weeping for Prometheus and Zeus, like a tyrant, rules by "laws of his own invention." Mortals all ... Read More |
| Episode 2 | Prometheus explains to the Chorus he gave mortals the ability to reason and reflect: "At first / Mindless, I gave them m... Read More |
| Stasimon 2 | The Chorus hopes always to honor the gods and never to make Zeus angry, but it shudders at the sight of Prometheus who, ... Read More |
| Episode 3 | Io, "the girl with horns," enters and asks Prometheus who he is and why he is being punished. She is being followed and ... Read More |
| Stasimon 3 | The Chorus then sings it is best for a person not to marry above their station in life, and best not to long to wed some... Read More |
| Exodos | Prometheus swears one day Zeus will make a marriage that will "hurl him out / Of throne and sovereignty into oblivion." ... Read More |
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