The Prometheus Of Aeschylus: With Notes, For The Use Of Colleges In The United States (1850) - Tapa dura
Sinopsis
The Prometheus of Aeschylus is a classic play written by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, which was first performed in Athens in 472 BC. This book is an edition of the play, which includes detailed notes and commentary for the use of colleges in the United States. The play tells the story of Prometheus, a Titan who defies the gods by giving fire to humanity and is punished for his rebellion. The play explores themes of power, justice, and the struggle between the individual and society. The notes in this edition provide historical context, literary analysis, and explanations of Greek mythology and culture, making it an invaluable resource for students and scholars of ancient Greek literature.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Reseña del editor
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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Prometheus is condemned by the ruler of the Gods to atone for having stolen fire from heaven, by being nailed and chained to a lonely rock. There can be but little action in such a plot where the chief character is passive; but the poet has thrown into it a very deep interest by the person of the sufferer and the grandeur of the scenery, while the few incidents of the play tend directly or by contrast to manifest the unconquerable will of Prometheus. His offence itself enlists our sympathies; it is, that he raised the human race from the lowest misery, against the will of a monarch who sought to destroy it. He is a divinity, and the chief of the allies through whose aid Jupiter tore the sceptre from his fathers hand; and by his prophetic spirit he looks through long ages of torture to the time when he is destined to be loosed. Thus, though powerless, he is not in despair ;but alive as he is to the feeling of pain, and bewailing, as he does, his lot, he can yet make.up his mind to come to no terms with his oppressor, and already triumphs in the prospect that Jupiter will be forced, for his own sake, to set him free. The pla opens with the preparatives for the torture.
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