The Prometheus of Aeschylus

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Excerpt from The Prometheus of Aeschylus: With Notes, for the Use of Colleges in the United States The subject of this tragedy is a struggle between abso lute power and the spirit of freedom as displayed by uni unsubdued will amid the severest sir¿'erings. Prometheus is cond bytthe ruler of the Gods to atone for having stolen fire from heater), 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 manikat the unconqnerable will of Prometheus. His all, knee itself enlists our sympathies, it was, that he raisedl the human race from the lowest misery, against the will, of a tyrant who sought to destroy it. He is a divinity, and the chief of the allies through whose aid Jupiter tore the sceptre from his father's 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 power less, he is not in despair, but, alive as he is to the feeling of pain, and be'wailing, 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.