Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes
This volume pairs two tragedies by Aeschylus in Theodore Alois Buckley's literal prose translation, with an introduction by Edward Brooks Jr. In Prometheus Bound, the Titan who gave fire to mortals is chained to a rock at the edge of the world on the orders of Zeus, and receives a series of visitors while refusing to bend. The Seven Against Thebes follows Eteocles as he sets defenders against the seven champions besieging his city, among them his own brother Polynices, under the weight of their father Oedipus's curse. Buckley's version keeps close to the Greek, with explanatory notes, and was designed to help readers working through the original. Both plays are available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the opening pages are free.
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Is Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes in the public domain?
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What kind of book is Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes?
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