ID: 901001957 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001957	Record Type: Literature

	Prometheus Bound (Greek play, Aeschylus, 5th century BCE)

Note: The play concerns the god Prometheus, who in defiance of Zeus (Jupiter) has saved humanity with his gift of fire. For this act Zeus has ordered that he be chained to a remote crag and tortured. The drama of the play lies in the clash between the irresistible power of Zeus and the immovable will of Prometheus.

Display Date: 5th century BCE

Names:

	Prometheus Bound (Greek play, Aeschylus, 5th century BCE) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (Greek play, Aeschylus, 5th century BCE) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Drama (plays, etc.)> (P)
		............Prometheus Bound (Greek play, Aeschylus, 5th century BCE) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Prometheus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Prometheus (Greek deity)) [901000734]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... play (recreation)
	.....(recreation, culture-related concepts, culture and related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	author is .... Aeschylus (Greek playwright, 525/524-456/455 BCE)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Prometheus Bound (Greek play, Aeschylus, 5th century BCE)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης (Greek play, Aeschylus, 5th century BCE)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_Bound

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)