TIME. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B. Oceanus tells Prometheus that he'll talk to Zeus and get him out of this mess. Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus was chosen for a number of reasons. Even threatening. Prometheus became a tragic hero, a symbol of humans striving to improve. AESCHYLUS, PROMETHEUS BOUND. Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, has Oceanus free to visit his nephew Prometheus sometime after the war. Oceanus wishes to help but Prometheus (recalling the fates of Atlas and Typhon) warns him away. —Mythical. —Mythical. “There is no sickness worse for me that words that to be kind must lie. Unlike Oceanus and Hephaestus, Zeus's. Prometheus aided Zeus against his fellow Titans only to be punished for giving fire to human beings. Oceanus: Oceanus is a Titan who visits Prometheus at the beginning of the play and offers him comfort and support. Though an Alexandrian catalogue of Aeschylean play titles designates the trilogy Hoi Prometheis ("the Prometheuses"), in modern scholarship the trilogy. Zeus got angry and bound Prometheus. Prometheus aided Zeus against his fellow Titans only to be punished for giving fire to human beings. These characters include Oceanus, a Titan who attempts to persuade Prometheus to submit to Zeus and seek. The painting which was completed in 1618 though started in 1611 is based on a character, the Titan Prometheus, in one of the Greek myths. He had Zeus choose from the two piles, and Zeus chose the bones and fat. He had simply suggested that Prometheus should give in to Zeus out of fear. ’"Prometheus Boundby Aeschylus. Prometheus Bound Aeschylus Study Guide Summary Summary & Analysis Lines 1–127 Lines 128–284 Lines 285–560 Lines 561–906 Lines 907–1093 Full Play Full Play. 3) Clymene. SCENE. Prometheus. Poseidon is an Olympian god and together with his sibling he overthrew the Titan gods and ended the reign of their father Cronus. Prometheus might understand Oceanus, but, in Oceanus's mind, Prometheus's words clearly do not compute. Translated by Smyth, Herbert Weir. But the real action in the Greek playwright Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound is in the dialogue and Prometheus’ attitude. Translated by Smyth, Herbert Weir. " Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1054 ff :Prometheus Bound was apparently the first play in a trilogy (the other two plays, now lost except for some fragments, were Prometheus Unbound and Prometheus the Fire-Bringer). Prometheus Bound and the Oceanids (German: Prometheus, beklagt von den Okeaniden) is an 1879 marble sculpture by German sculptor Eduard Müller, located at Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany. He was the god of the seas along with earthquakes, floods, drought and horses. However, two of the Titans, Prometheus and Oceanus, decide to fight on the side of Zeus. [there] for men's refreshment Okeanos (Oceanus) sends out continually the high-singing breezes of the west (aetai zephyroio). OCEANUS. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. —Mythical. Zeus ’s servant and the personification of Zeus’s will. Learn everything you need to know about Prometheus, Zeus, and more in Prometheus Bound. SCENE. The last of these, however, is usually attributed by modern scholars to an unknown playwright. Tethys was the ancient Greek Titan-goddess of the primal font of fresh water which nourishes the earth. [1] She was the wife of her cousin Prometheus and the mother of Deucalion. PROMETHEUS. Aeschylus. PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. Enter Kratos, and Via dragging behind them in chains, Prometheus. See Prometheus Bound for general information, and for. Next in Proмetheus Bound, the girls’ father, Oceanus, coмes to offer his pity and his aid, suggesting that he plead Ƅefore Zeus for мercy. —Mythical. Translated by Smyth, Herbert Weir. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. In all accounts, Prometheus is known as the protector and benifactor of man. SCENE. Introduction. Like Oceanus, he is an obedient but unwilling servant. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. It is, accordingly, the only extant tragedy from the ancient world featuring the most characters as gods. It was the first part of a trilogy. Prometheus Bound By Aeschylus Written ca. Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus translated by Henry D. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. confinement and the consequences of immense power. Pf: c. OCEANUS. —Mythical. Despite these doubts of authorship, the plThe art of persuasion is best exhibited in these passages: lines 308-31 in Prometheus Bound, and book twenty-two, lines thirty-seven to seventy-eight in The Iliad. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. Thoreau PERSONS OF THE DRAMA KRATOS and BIA, (Strength and Force) HEPHAISTUS, (Vulcan) PROMETHEUS CHORUS OF OCEAN NYMPHS OCEANUS IO, Daughter of Inachus HERMES KRATOS and BIA, HEPHAISTUS, PROMETHEUS KR. PROMETHEUS BOUND. That bird Herakles. SCENE. ) : "[Prometheus warns the wandering cow-maid Io of the perils she will face on her journey :] First, to you, Io, will I declare your much-vexed wandering, and may you engrave it on the recording tablets of your mind. Of his many plays, seven still remain. And thou, O seed of Inachaean loins, Weigh well my words, that thou may'st understand Thy journey's end. Gaia was the great mother of all creation--the heavenly gods were descended from her through her union with Ouranos (Uranus) (Sky),. TIME. Oceanus also appears in Aeschylus’s Prometheus Bound. Summary. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. He’s defiant, loud, and proud. Oceanus and Hephaestus express compassion for Prometheus—but they think he's kind of brought it on himself by defying Zeus. However obscure Aristotle’s concept. TIME. TIME. Location. 18-75. If Prometheus Bound is full of torture and suffering (um, yes), it's also a play full of compassion. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. , Vatican City Museums THE TITANES (Titans) were six elder gods named Kronos (Cronus), Koios (Coeus), Krios (Crius), Iapetos (Iapetus), Hyperion and Okeanos (Oceanus), sons of Ouranos (Uranus, Sky) and Gaia (Gaea, Earth), who ruled the cosmos before the. He agrees that Zeus is too harsh and extends his sympathy to. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 431 ff : "[Okeanos (Oceanus) addresses the tormented Titan Prometheus :] ‘The waves of the sea ( pontos ) utter a cry as they fall, the deep laments, the black abyss of Aides [Haides] rumbles in response, and the streams of pure-flowing rivers ( potamoi ) lament your piteous pain. Aeschylus. —Mythical. . —Mythical. 99. SCENE. The last of these, however, is usually attributed by modern scholars to an unknown playwright. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. Summary Aeschylus. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. 92–94) with disapproval from the letter of a ‘friend’ who believes that the Prometheus Bound represents only a phase of the struggle among the gods, and that in the sequel the tyranny disappeared; Zeus. 2 Prometheus describes to the Chorus why he has been punished. Prometheus Bound is set on a barren mountainside in Scythia. TIME. Hermes leaves, the thunder and earthquake come, and Prometheus and the daughters of Oceanus are swallowed up in the abyss, and the curtain falls on Prometheus Bound. It's also barbarous. In I-told-you-so fashion, Oceanus reminds Prometheus in Bound that all his bragging changed nothing and only. Translated by Smyth, Herbert Weir. CooksonPrometheus bound to a rock at Zeus' order for giving man fire, bemoans his fate until it become worse still. Ouranos and Gaia had twelve sons and six daughters. When Io in cow-form charges on stage, Prometheus volunteers to tell her future. , six years before the death of Aeschylus. Prometheus Bound (PV) is a meditation on God par excellence, second only perhaps to the Bible or Paradise Lost. The play Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus is largely a series of speeches surrounding the Titan, Prometheus, who has defied the gods by giving humans fire. R. In a gruesome display of woundedness, Prometheus’ body becomes, again in Foucault’s terms, “the place where the vengeance of the sovereign [is] applied, the anchoring point for a. Lo, the earth's bound and limitary land, The Scythian steppe, the waste untrod of men! Look to it now, Hephaestus---thine it is, Thy Sire obeying, this arch-thief to clenchEpisode 1 emphasizes both Prometheus's compassion and his pride. —Mythical. SCENE. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. A summary of Lines 1–127 in Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound. —Mythical. Oceanus says he will try to intervene on Prometheus's behalf, but Prometheus,. Prometheus demonstrates the value of thought and knowledge in progress as well as in the opposition and temperance of tyrannical power. AESCHYLUS was a Greek tragedian who flourished in Athens in the early C5th B. The role of the chorus in a Greek tragedy is to uphold the moral standard. The last of these, however, is usually attributed by modern scholars to an unknown playwright. SCENE. Okeanos goes to Prometheus ’s aid when Prometheus is chained to the mountain, and intends to go to Zeus and appeal to him on Prometheus’s behalf. The Titan is bound by the arms to a rock. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. E. Translated by Smyth, Herbert Weir. . Prometheus Bound. A Titan named Oceanus. Prometheus also proves his friendship to Io as he tells her, at her request, of her. The setting of Scythia is important because it is relatively desolate. TIME. Prometheus Bound By Aeschylus Translated by Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. 456 BCE). The chorus are the first to come upon Prometheus as he is chained to the mountain face, and they are exceedingly compassionate and sympathetic to. Prologue Characters. pdf), Text File (. In the frieze of the altar, Oceanus is depicted – and labeled – as fighting against the Gigantes with his wife, Tethys, at his side. Aeschylus. Thou hast than Oceanus is. SCENE. Commentary: Many comments have been posted about Prometheus Bound. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B. tear at Prometheus's liver and limbs? His heart and liver are forever regenerating and the eagle is ironic. in verse S: A rocky gorge in the mountains, in the mythical past C: 6m, 1f, chorus (f)Cratos and Bia drag on the bound Prometheus, in order to assist Hephaestus, the gods' blacksmith, to forge Prometheus' chains to a rock. Prometheus, Caucasian Eagle. (And no lighting bolts. Oceanus is the god of… wait for it… the Ocean. Seven Against Thebes, 3. Find out more about the characters in Prometheus Bound. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. The point of all this is that Io is maybe not the sanest girl around. He is a rare example of a Greek tragic hero whose faults, such as excessive pride and stubbornness, ennoble him. Prometheus Bound. Prometheus pities his brothers, Atlas and Typho, imprisoned by Zeus. We are come to the far-bounding plain of. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 200 ff (trans. In knowingly choosing rebellion, Prometheus set the stage, defining a choice of opposing tyranny and unjust laws, starting the march down the long path towards equality under the law. PROMETHEUS Your former wish I lightly granted ye: And ye have heard, even as ye desired, From this maid's lips the story of her sorrow. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. Like Oceanus, Helios, the Titan son of Hyperion, certainly remained free to drive his sun-chariot daily across the sky, taking an active part in events subsequent to the Titanomachy. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Prometheus Bound and what it means. In several ways Prometheus Bound is something of a puzzle. What drove me mad--”. He's the evil jerk who masterminded the whole Olympian vs. As a common noun, the word received almost the modern sense of ocean. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1 ff : "[Enter Kratos (Cratus, Power) and Bia (Force), bringing with them Prometheus. Prometheus cryptically tells them that he knows of a potential marriage that would lead to Zeus's downfall. SCENE. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. Heracles will shoot him with an arrow. Time, night. ) To Prometheus, Zeus is an upstart, tyrannous, slaver, and his ultimate fate is to learn "how far apart are rulership and slavery" (927). Bia doesn’t speak during the play, and like Zeus’s violence, he offers no. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B. He is a rare example of a Greek tragic hero whose faults, such as excessive pride and stubbornness, ennoble. Prometheus Bound. This ancient drama tells the story of Prometheus's punishment at the hands of a wrathful Zeus. —Mythical. Aeschylus. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B. However, as for Petraeus, we are told: In the catastrophe of the plot, his especially professed friend, Oceanus, the Fisherman, as his name Petraeus indicates, (Petraeus was an interchangeable synonym of. OCEANUS Now have I traversed the unendi. His father was a member of the first generation of gods, ruled by Cronus and overthrown by Zeus and his siblings in the great Titanomachy. Tyranny in and of itself has a negative connotation that places one ruthless figure at the center of power without a system of governing other. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. TIME. He keeps needling Prometheus to let him, Oceanus, be Prometheus's "adviser" and tells him "keep quiet and don't speak too impetuously" (317-329), as though speaking impetuously isn't Prometheus's business. , British Museum. —Mythical. SCENE. HESIONE PRONOIA (Pronoea) was the Okeanid-nymph wife of the Titan Prometheus. TIME. HERMES. SCENE. In antiquity, it was attributed to Aeschylus, but now is considered by some scholars to be the work of another hand, and perhaps one as late as c. For pretty much the whole stinkin' play, the big guy is chained to a rock in the barren wasteland of Scythia. [1] Despite these doubts of authorship, the play's designation as. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. TIME. Ouranos was the literal sky, just as his consort Gaia (Gaea) was the earth. Like his daughters, the chorus, Okeanos is compassionate and sympathetic of Prometheus’s predicament, but Prometheus implies. Hermes leaves, the thunder and earthquake come, and Prometheus and the daughters of Oceanus are swallowed up in the abyss, and the curtain falls on Prometheus Bound. SCENE. —Mythical. Berlin, Germany. But Prometheus mocks Oceanus, asking him: "How did you. THEMIS MOTHER OF PROMETHEUS. PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. C. —Mythical. The actors draw on the rhythmical qualities of the poetic text, converting them into stage action through. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. Only in an Ancient Greek tragedy would trying to make peace actually become conflict. Prometheus points out his predicament,. Source: This version of the story of Prometheus was adapted by Dan from the play Prometheus Bound, originally written by the Hephaestus. . FRAGMENTS 1 - 56. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 788 ff (trans. To the Greeks, this is pretty much the end of the earth. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. Prometheus and Oceanus discuss Zeus’ cruelty. Because even Zeus is confined by the Fates, nobody in the play. As an Okeanid-nymph she also. describe Zeus and Io relates Zeus' rule to slavery in her speech p. Translated by Smyth, Herbert Weir. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. ) Because Scythia, the land where Prometheus is chained up, was believed to lie at the edge of the world, it makes sense that Oceanus. The last of these, however, is usually attributed by modern scholars to an unknown playwright. Dramatis Personae KRATOS BIA HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS OF THE OCEANIDES OCEANUS IO Scene Mountainous country, and in the middle of a deep gorge a Rock, towards which KRATOS and BIA carry the gigantic form of PROMETHEUS. TIME. And it's not pretty. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. But we're not alone. Its bulk forpined upon these savage rocks. TIME. Despite his seeming isolation, Prometheus is visited by the ancient god Oceanus, by a chorus of Oceanus’s daughters, by the “cow-headed” Io (another victim of Zeus), and finally by the god Hermes, who vainly demands from Prometheus his knowledge of a secret that could threaten Zeus’s power. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. "Prometheus Bound” is an oil painting done on canvas by a Baroque artist, Peter Paul Reubens. Oceanus’ daughters, the Oceanids, lament the hero’s torment. Prometheus Bound: staging by MacMillan Films in 2015 Textual styles. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. Ocean is the god of the sea, the personification of the oceans, and the father of the sea nymphs Panthea, Ione, and Asia. Kratos exists within the play to exact Zeus’s punishment. 15 of 25. People don't live there because it is infertile, and they wouldn't be able to survive. LearnCommentary: Many comments have been posted about Prometheus Bound. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. SCENE. Of the 76 plays he is known to have written only seven survive--1. Prometheus Oceanus. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. After Prometheus Bound: The Liberation of Prometheus Liberation of Prometheus, by Carl Bloch, 1864, Ribe Kunstmuseum, Denmark Though Prometheus Bound ends as a tragedy. Melissa Hamilton, Vanessa B. C. SCENE. TIME. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. Like Oceanus, Helios, the Titan son of Hyperion, certainly remained free to drive his sun-chariot daily across the sky, taking an active part in events subsequent to the Titanomachy. —Mythical. In art Oceanus was a common subject; he appears on the François Vase ( see Kleitias ), the Gigantomachy of the altar at Pergamum, and numerous Roman sarcophagi. SCENE. "But here I am hung as a plaything of storms / And a mark. Since Oceanus is Prometheus's uncle, we guess that makes the nymphs Prometheus's cousins—although considering the messed up family relationships among the Titans and. [4] [5] [6] She married her uncle Iapetus and became by him the mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas and Menoetius. Of oceanic waves—all-fost'ring earth, And, all-beholding sun, on thee I call, Behold me, what I bear—a god, from gods. SCENE. TIME. Cast: Prometheus - David Oyelowo Violence, Io - Julie McNiven Power, Hermes - Michael Dixon Hephaestus, Oceanus - George Bartenieff JavaScript is required to load the comments. The fact that he's exposed in a position where even a few people—the daughter of Oceanus—can see him, makes his punishment that much worse. Prometheus Bound Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound is an Ancient Greek tragedy. Comfortable in his service to Zeus, Oceanus believes that one should not rock the boat but simply obey. TIME. —Mythical. PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. Hey-o! Here comes Oceanus, the Chorus's dad. Socrates had received in dreams instructions to make music. During the Scene, morning slowly breaks. SCENE. 430 BC. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. Many deadly women in ancient Greek mythology,. Aeschylus' 'Prometheus Bound': A Literary Commentary 1 Aeschylus and Athens (2nd edn, London 1946) 322, (Toronto 1980) 120-37; cf. OCEANUS, PROMETHEUS, CHORUS. Far distant, thro' the vast expanse of air, To thee, Prometheus, on this swift-wing'd steed, Whose neck unreign'd obeys my will, I come, In social sorrow sympathizing with thee. TIME. Plato, Critias - Greek Philosophy C4th. Prometheus . Prometheus was a Titan, the son of Iapetus. " Is sometimes called a Titan, though in reality he did not belong to the Titans, but was only a son of the Titan Iapetus (whence he is designated by the patronymic Iapetionides, Ἰαπετιονίδης 1) by Clymene, so that he was a brother of Atlas, Menoetius, and Epimetheus. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. Getting straight to the point, Oceanus expresses his friendship for Prometheus, offers his pity, and insists on going to Zeus immediately to bail Prometheus out. Prometheus Bound Prometheus Bound Characters of The Play. AESCHYLUS, PROMETHEUS BOUND. A summary of Themes in Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. TIME. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. Go to top. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. TIME. J. E. The daughters of Oceanus, who constitute the play's chorus, enter. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. The last of these, however, is usually attributed by modern scholars to an unknown playwright. Prometheus. POWER and FORCE HEPHAESTUS PROMETHEUS CHORUS of the Daughters of Oceanus OCEANUS IO, daughter of Inachus HERMES. Uranus, the heavens, and Gaia, the earth, had given birth to this older generation of gods. Homer, The Odyssey - Greek Epic C8th B. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. In Greek mythology, Tethys (/ ˈ t iː θ ɪ s, ˈ t ɛ θ ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Τηθύς, romanized: Tēthýs) was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, a sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids. Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus. Translated by Smyth, Herbert Weir. A summary of Lines 907–1093 in Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound. —A rocky height, overlooking the ocean, in the uttermost parts of Scythia. Selected scenes from Prometheus Bound including video examples, context and character information. C. The Titan is depicted as a beardless, naked man with long locks of knotted hair, bound by the wrists and ankles to a stake. SCENE. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. In shameful bonds the linked adamant locks. Ocean has a conversation with Apollo, the. —Mythical. All of the above were named after Io. Prometheus (Nikos Karathanos), Power and Hermes (Christos Loulis), Bia and Io (Galini Hatzipaschali), Hephaestus and Oceanus (Giannis Kotsifas) – all live here, like a family, making worlds. He relates his take on the war between the Titans and Olympians, and then begins to explain his role in the lot of. TIME. FORCE: divine agent of Zeus. A summary of Lines 128–284 in Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound. TIME. Prometheus Bound. Hermes visits Prometheus on Zeus’s behalf while Prometheus is bound to the mountain, and he tells him that his suffering will increase by a “threefold tidal… read analysis of Hermes. PROMETHEUS BOUND, TRANSLATED BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH DRAMATIS PERSONAE. Zeus is Prometheus Bound 's Big Bad. Eventually, he entertains the Zeus-beloved and Hera-stalked Io (McNiven), the Polonius-like Oceanus (Bartenieff), the insolent Hermes (Dixon), and a babbling chorus (Therese Barbato, Autumn. You’d think Prometheus would have been dejected, but he isn’t.