Prometheus Bound is the work of Aeschylus, an ancient Greek tragic writer. Prometheus stole fire from mankind and angered Zeus, the Lord of the gods. Zeus ordered powerful gods and Vulcan to nail Prometheus to the cliff of Caucasus Mountain and expose him to rain, snow, wind, frost and scorching sun.
To warn him not to show excessive sympathy for mankind in the future. Hercules sympathized with Prometheus, but he could not resist Zeus' orders. Under the supervision and urging of a powerful and violent God, he nailed Prometheus firmly to the cliff.
This work is based on Greek mythology. Prometheus is the Titan. He leaked the secret of using fire to mortals, which led Zeus to be punished. However, Prometheus (meaning "foresight") knew who would overthrow Zeus's secret, and he refused to disclose the news.
In the whole play, Prometheus is unruly and sacrifices himself for the well-being of ordinary people; On the other hand, Zeus is portrayed as a tyrant, despotic and cruel. This treatment of Zeus is completely different from the traditional Attica drama. Even Aeschylus himself described Zeus as "the father of the man of God" in other plays.
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Prometheus bondage was ignored for a long time until1the beginning of the 9th century. Romantic writers at that time all agreed with Prometheus' stubbornness. Byron was deeply attracted by this play when he was a child, saying that it influenced all his creations.
Shelley borrowed the material from the play and expressed his thoughts in his poem Prometheus unbounded (the English name of Prometheus unbounded is the same as that of Prometheus Unbounded). Goethe also wrote a poem on this subject.