The University of Chicago Press, David Green and Richmond Lutmore Translation

Trent and Hambrick discuss Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound."  

Thoughts and questions about the book.

• Prometheus gives humanity “hope” Consider the significance of this to human beings.
• Is it right or wrong to oppose ultimate power?
• Can man judge the world by his own ethical standards? If so, who or what is the arbiter?
• Can human autonomy and divine rule by reconciled?
• Prometheus has been compared to Job, in the Bible. Job famously complained of his situation, but never defied God, Prometheus does. Which is the better path?
• Notice the personification of human attributes in Might and Violence as characters.
• Violence says nothing. Is there any significance to this omission?