{"product_id":"the-author-of-the-prometheus-c-j-herington-9781477304204","title":"The Author of the Prometheus Bound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e has proved to be both the most problematic and the most influential of extant Greek tragedies. Especially during the past two hundred years the character here created has transcended the boundaries of nationality, ideology, and race: Goethe, Shelley, Marx, and--to judge by other published translations--modern Russia and China have in turn been fascinated by this being who is tortured by the gods for furthering the progress of humanity. Yet the interpretation of the play itself and its relation to the group of now-lost plays with which it was originally produced continue to arouse violent controversy. At the center of the controversy stand the questions, raised with increasing urgency during the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003ewhether the play is by Aeschylus at all and when it was written\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This monograph attempts a systematic answer to these questions. It first surveys the general conditions of the authenticity problem as they appeared after the redating of Aeschylus' Supplices. Next, it catalogues in detail the stylistic, metrical, and thematic features of the \u003ci\u003ePrometheus\u003c\/i\u003e that have been supposed to tell against Aeschylus' authorship. Finally, it suggests that these phenomena will not make sense on the assumption that the play was written by anyone other than Aeschylus, and that the date of composition must fall after the \u003ci\u003eOresteia\u003c\/i\u003e, in the last two years of Aeschylus' life. Given this definite context and date, many of the apparent problems of the \u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e either fall away or at least can be more precisely formulated by reference to the other extant tragedies of Aeschylus' latest phase. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. J. Herington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477304207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477304204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32d","brand":"C. J. Herington","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45180222669055,"sku":"9781477304204","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60210ede-6a8f-45f4-8586-fe2edd5819dc.jpg?v=1712897729","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-author-of-the-prometheus-c-j-herington-9781477304204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}