- Classical literature, Drama, Greek Mythology, Greek drama (Tragedy)
An ancient Greek tragedy attributed to Aeschylus. The play follows the sufferings of the Titan Prometheus who has been fastened to a rock by Zeus as punishment for giving the knowledge of fire to mankind.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Aeschylus
- First published
- 1559
- Pages
- 98
- Publisher
- The University press, Samfundet til den danske literaturs fremme, G.P. Putnam
- Editions
- 112
- Language
- und, yid, dan, grc
- ISBN
- 9782701127521
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“Now have we journeyed to a spot of earth”
Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father of tragedy and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.
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