not weaving riddles, but in simple language, since it is right to speak openly to friends. Look, I whom you see am Prometheus, who gave fire to mankind. IoO you who have shown yourself a common benefactor of mankind, wretched Prometheus, why do you suffer so? PrometheusI have only just now finished lamenting my own calamities. IoYou will not then do this favor for me? PrometheusSay what it is you wish; for you can learn all from me. IoTell me who has bound you fast in this ravine. PrometheusZeus by his will, Hephaestus by his hand. IoAnd for what offence do you pay the penalty? PrometheusIt suffices that I have made clear to you this much and no more. IoNo, also tell me the end of my wandering—what time is set for wretched me. PrometheusIt would be better not to know than to know, in your case. IoI beg you, do not hide from me what I am doomed to suffer. PrometheusNo, it is not that I do not want to grant your request.