Prometheus Bound
A Lyrico-Dramatic Spectacle
Δῆσε δ᾽ ἀλυκτοπέδῃσι Προμηθέα ποικιλόβουλην
Δεσμοῖς ἀργαλέοισι.
Hesiod.
Neither to change, nor flatter, nor repent.
Shelley.
Persons
Might and Force, Ministers of Jove.
Hephaesthus or Vulcan, the God of Fire.
Prometheus, Son of Iapetus, a Titan.
Chorus of Oceanides.
Oceanus.
Io, Daughter of Inachus, King of Argos.
Hermes, Messenger of the Gods.
Scene—A Rocky Desert in European Scythia.