The Author of the Prometheus Bound

by C.J. Herington

Book Overview

The Prometheus Bound has proved to be both the most problematic and the most influential of extant Greek tragedies. Especially during the past two hundred years the character here created has transcended the boundaries of nationality, ideology, and race: Goethe, Shelley, Marx, and-to judge by other published translations-modern Russia and China have in turn been fascinated by this being who is tortured by the gods for furthering the progress...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477304207
• ISBN13: 9781477304204
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"