RARE Prometheus Bound Aeschylus...Fragments Prometheus Unbound, N. Wecklein 1897

Description: this hardcover book from the College Series of Greek Authors (embossed on cover, see cover photo) is a translation of 2nd edition (published originally 1891, 2nd edition 1878) Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus, and Fragments of the Prometheus Unbound – originally published 1891. According to book preface notes, this edition updates changes by the editor N. Wecklein and translator (F.D. Allen) by Aeschylus, editor N.. Wecklein (editor) F. D. Allen (translator), from the Harvard University pressASIN ‏ : ‎ B00IQYVF06Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ginn & Company (1891); Reprint edition (1897)Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.8 ounces this edition published 1897 Boston, USA and LondonThe Prometheus Bound Of Aeschylus : And The Fragments Of The Prometheus Unbound (1891)AESCHYLUS was a Greek tragedian who flourished in Athens in the early C5th B.C. Of the 76 plays he is known to have written only seven survive--1. The Persians, 2. Seven Against Thebes, 3. Suppliant Women, 4 - 6. The Oresteia Trilogy (Agamemnon, Libation Bearers or Choephori and The Eumenides), 7. Prometheus Bound. The last of these, however, is usually attributed by modern scholars to an unknown playwright.The Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus and the Fragments of the Prometheus Unbound is a book by Aeschylus, Nicolaus Wecklein, and Frederic D. Allen that was published in the College Series of Greek Authors in 1891: The book is a collection of two works by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus: the famous tragedy Prometheus Bound and fragments of Prometheus Unbound. Prometheus Bound is about the Greek Titan Prometheus who defies the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity. The play is considered one of the most influential classical Greek tragedies and has inspired poems by Goethe, Shelly, and Byron.

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