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To provide a well-based modern Greek text of this play, traditionally ascribed to Aeschylus, and a readable English translation, with explanatory notes. The background and cultural significance of the Prometheus myth is discussed, together with illustrative material from ancient Greek art. An attempt is made to assess the influence of the story upon later European literature and thought, with a side-glance at equivalent myths in other, non-European cultures.
Anthony Podlecki is a retired Professor of Classics at the University of British Columbia and in 1999 held a visiting post as lecturer in Classics at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous studies in archaic and classical Greek history and literature, including an earlier volume for Aris & Phillips, Aeschylus' Eumenides (1989). He has published translations of Euripides' Medea (2nd ed. 1998) and Aeschylus' The Persians (revised 1991). He is the author of Perikles and his Circle (Routledge, 1998). A revised version of his study The Political Background of Aescylean Tragedy has recently appeared (Bristol Classical Press, 1999).
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