Comments on: Prometheus Bound http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/22/prometheus-bound/ the agony and ecstasy of a reading life Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eumenides « So Many Books http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/22/prometheus-bound/#comment-42692 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:38:19 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1899#comment-42692 [...] now managed to read all the surviving plays of Aeschylus. I am glad I did. The one I liked best is Prometheus Bound with Agamemnon coming in a close second followed by The Persians, the play that got this who [...]

]]> By: Stefanie http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/22/prometheus-bound/#comment-41829 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:13:08 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1899#comment-41829 I was surprised about Prometheus too. Funny how a good rewrite of a character can change the way he is seen for all the following ages.

]]> By: Dorothy W. http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/22/prometheus-bound/#comment-41825 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:33:53 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1899#comment-41825 It’s interesting that Prometheus used to be a clown-type figure — I’m surprised! I’ve been prepared by Aeschylus and also the Romantics to view him very seriously and I didn’t know it wasn’t always that way.

]]> By: Stefanie http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/22/prometheus-bound/#comment-41821 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:32:13 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1899#comment-41821 Verbivore, I have to wait until next year for you to read and blog about this? Sigh. I look forward to that. I think the idea remains so compelling not just because it is so interesting, but sadly because it is still a situation we struggle.

Amateur Reader, really? I haven’t read Prometheus Unbound but I’ve been wondering what it is about and looking forward to reading sometime.

]]> By: Amateur Reader http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/09/22/prometheus-bound/#comment-41813 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:23:15 +0000 http://somanybooks.wordpress.com/?p=1899#comment-41813 Stefanie, you just described the plot of Shelley’s “Prometheous Unbound”!

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