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Prometheus Bound
By Aeschylus - Stage play
Roles
- Io - Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50), Female
About this piece
Io tells Prometheus her story
Summary
Prometheus Bound's story is about the punishment that Zeus inflicts upon Prometheus for giving the human race the gift of fire. There is no action, just dialogue and speeches as Prometheus is chained throughout the play. At the beginning of the play Kratos, Bia and Hephaestus, Zeus' servants carry Prometheus to a rocky mountain in the Caucasus and chain him to a rock. After being questioned by a Chorus of Oceanids, daughters of Oceanus, he tells them that he is being punished by Zeus even if he helped him defeat the Titans. He confesses that he gave the gift of fire to the human race and that's why he is being punished. After being visited by Oceanus himself, Io enters. Prometheus and the Chorus urge her to tell them her story. In this monologue Io tells them how Zeus fell in love with her and pursued her. Hera, in jealousy, transformed her into a cow and had a gadfly pursue her to the ends of the earth.
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