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Prometheus Bound
by Aeschylus (525 - 456 B.C.)

Type of Work:

Classical tragic drama

Setting

A desolate Scythian cliff; remote antiquity

Principal Characters

Prometheus, the fire-bearing Titan demigod
Hephaestus, an Olympian fire god
Might (kratos) and Force (Bia), beings representing Power and Violence
Oceanos, god of the sea, and brother to Prometheus
Io, a river princess
Hermes, Zeus the chief Olympian god's winged messenger

A Chorus composed of the daughters of Oceanos, who converse, comment, and sing throughout the play