{"product_id":"9781941667064","title":"Prometheus Trilogy: Prometheus Bound translated by Henry David Thoreau with fragments and descriptions of Prometheus Unbound and Prometheus the Fire Bearer","description":"Henry David Thoreau's translation of \u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1843 in the \u003ci\u003eDial\u003c\/i\u003e, the most important magazine of the American transcendentalist movement. This edition makes it available to a wide audience in book form for the first time. \u003cp\u003eThis edition also includes descriptions and fragments of the other two plays of Aeschylus' Prometheus trilogy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e has been one of the most influential of the classical Greek tragedies, inspiring poems by Goethe, Shelly, Byron and others. But it is often misunderstood, because it is read in isolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead by itself, \u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e seems to tell the story of Prometheus' heroic resistance to Zeus' tyranny. But when we read the entire trilogy, we can see that the relation between Zeus and Prometheus is far more complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e has always been considered one of the greatest Greek tragedies-and this book lets us see that the Prometheus trilogy as a whole is more powerful than this one play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes an introduction by the great classical scholar, Nikolaus Wecklein, which has long been out of print. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also includes commentary by Charles Siegel, which makes an important new contribution to scholarship about reconstructing the Prometheus trilogy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Omo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051154948336,"sku":"9781941667064","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941667064_p0.jpg?v=1763755860","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941667064","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}