Prometheus Bound

by Aeschylus; James Scully; C. John Herington

• ISBN13: 9780195061659
• ISBN10: 0195061659
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-02-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

For readers accustomed to the relatively undramatic standard translations of Prometheus Bound, this version by James Scully, a poet and winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize, and C. John Herington, one of the world's foremost Aeschylean scholars, will come as a revelation. Scully and Heringtonaccentuate the play's true power, drama, and relevance to modern times. Aeschylus originally wrote Prometheus Bound as part of a tragic trilogy, and this translation is unique in including the extant fragments of the companion plays.

Author Biography

James Scully is Professor of English at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of several volumes of poetry, including The Marches, and winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize.
C. John Herington is Professor of Classics and Talcott Professor of Greek at Yale University. He is the author of several books, including Poetry into Drama and Aeschylus.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(20)
A Note on this Translation	23	(4)
Prometheus Bound	27	(60)
Notes to the Translation	87	(12)
Appendix: The Fragmentary Prometheus Plays	99	(12)
Glossary	111