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Aeschylus: Prometheus BoundCambridge Greek and Latin Classics The myth of fire stolen from the gods appears in many pre industrial societies. In Greek culture Prometheus the fire stealer figures prominently in the poems of Hesiod, but in Prometheus Bound Hesiod's morality tale has been transformed into a drama of tragic tone and proportions. In the introduction, Mark Griffith examines how the dramatist has achieved this transformation, looking at the play from all angles plot

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some call for a personal response and therefore lend themselves to class discussion

Aeneas' mother makes new armour for him and at the end of the book we see him brandishing the shield whose centrepiece is the triumph of Augustus

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He heads into the labyrinth to face the minotaur - a monster that’s half-man

which led to the great Persian Wars of 490–479 BC

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is one of the few types of ancient literature to survive

he decides to gamble everything on one of the most dramatic courtroom battles of all time

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three women who will literally go to the ends of the earth to enact bloody vengeance but who