Prometheus
Lucian of Samosata
Lucian, Vol. 2. Harmon, A. M., editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1915.
PROMETHEUS Never fear, I shall feast with you, and Zeus will set me free in return for a considerable favour.
HERMES What favour? Don’t hesitate to tell us.
PROMETHEUS You know Thetis, Hermes ?—but I must not tell. It is best to keep the secret, so that I may be rewarded and set free instead of being sentenced.[*](The secret is told in Dialogues of the Gods, 5.) HERMES Why, keep it, Titan, if it is best that way. Let’s be going, Hephaestus, for here is the eagle close by. (To Prometheus.) Well, hold out stubbornly. I hope the Theban archer you speak of, will soon disclose himself to you, to stop you from being dissected by the bird.