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Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound

  • Attribution of Prometheus Bound to Aeschylus has been challenged. If not by him, it may date later than his lifetime.
  • Author
    Aeschylus
    Alternative title
    Prometheus Vinctus
    Source subtype
    Tragedy & Satyr
    Language
    Greek
    Period
    Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE) Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)
    Place of creation
    🌍 Athens (Attica)
    TLG canon
    0085.019
    Mentions
    👤 Abas (Argive I)  👤 Achilles  👤 Aigyptos (eponym)  👤 Atlas  👤 Bia  👤 Cratos  👤 Cronos  👤 Epaphos (s. of Io)  👥 the Erinyes  👤 Ge  👤 Hera  👤 Oceanos (Titan)  👤 Ouranos  👤 Tethys  👤 Themis  👤 Zeus (Olympian)  👤 Hephaistos  👤 Heracles  👤 Hermes  👤 Inachos (river god)  👤 Typhon  👥 the Gorgons 👤 Io  👥 the Graiai  👤 Phorcos  👤 Prometheus (fire-stealer)  👤 Lynceus (Aigyptid)  👥 the Moirai  👥 the Oceanids  🌍 Tartaros  👤 Thetis  👥 the Titans  👥 the Amazons  🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus 👥 the Sons of Aigyptos  👥 the Danaids  🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable)  🌍 Egypt  🌍 Argos (city)  🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians  🌍 the Ionian Sea  🌍 Scythia  🌍 River Nile (Egypt)  🌍 Lerna (Argolid)  🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)  🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos)  🌍 Themiscyra (Pontos)  🌍 Mount Caucasos (Pontos)  👤 Argos (Panoptes)  🌍 Cimmerian Bosporos  🌍 Molossia (N. Greece)  🌍 Cilicia (SE Asia Minor)  🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily)  🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese)  🌍 Salmydessos (Thrace)  👤 Hypermnestra (Danaid)  👤 the Caucasian Eagle  🏛️ the Oak Tree at Dodona (N. Greece) 🌍 Canopos (Egypt)  🌍 Lake Maiotis (Pontos)  👥 the Olympian Gods 🌍 Cenchriai (Corinth)  🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi 👤 Hesione (Oceanid)  🌍 Cisthene (unlocatable)  👥 the Griffons  👥 the Arimaspians  🌍 River Plouton (unlocatable)  🌍 River Hybristes (unlocatable)  🏛️ the Forge of Hephaistos (Sicily)  🌍 the Oracle of Zeus at Dodona (Epeiros)  🏛️ the Cave of Typhon (Cilicia) 🏺 the Chains of Prometheus
    Commentary
    Attribution of Prometheus Bound to Aeschylus has been challenged. If not by him, it may date later than his lifetime.
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