CLASSIC 45A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Oceanid, Aeschylus

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Prometheus is locked up and watches io turn into a cow and be suffering. Hermes warns prometheus that he must get to power. Play ends with zeus giving full reign to his destructive urges. Prometheus"s greatest give to humanity isn"t fire but humanity. He says zeus is too tyrannical, prometheus is questioning if he deserves the punishment he received. Play is about justice and if punishment fits the crime. Earliest reflection on justice that we have in western civilization. Registers an absence of zeus, even though he is everywhere in play he never shows up. Pay a lot of attention to visuals on multiple choice. Zeus and hermes frame action of prometheus bound might come in handy. Think of all slides we look at. Man on cliff with eagle coming from the sky. Eagle is representative of zeus, symbolizes his power. Various nymphs/mortals trying to hide so they don"t get harmed by bird of god.

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