Prometheus Bound
(Aeschylus)
The first in the triad of the great Ancient tragedians, Aeschylus, gives us with Prometheus bound a classical masterpiece, among others, but at the same raises questions of fatherhood due to the non- convergent to his other texts ideological background that this tragedy presents. Prometheus, the central character, is bound at the top of mountain Caucasus, condemned for eternity to be slowly eaten by vultures as a mean of punishment from disobeying the 12 olympian gods. What was his sin? He simply stole the fire from the gods and gave it bounteously to humans. Hermes, messenger of the gods, is sent by Zeus to discover the secret that Prometheus is claimed to hold, which simply states and shows the way that Zeus is going to be dethroned. In this play, in contrast with the rest f the tragedies written by Aeschylus, the divine receives a highly critical almost humiliating representation by Aeschylus through the words of sharp irony of prometheus against Hermes. Aeschylus gives an outstanding monument of the struggle for knowledge, innate feature of human beings, and the sacrifices this struggle imposes. Through allegories refering to the world of the gods, Aeschylus implies the same procedures in the rise and fall of empires and states. It is clearly an anthem of our right to be free, of our right to fight our government when this government is a non healthy government. A classic.
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