Prometheus Bound

Aeschylus

Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.

  1. Can it be that Zeus has less power than they do?
Prometheus
  1. Yes, in that even he cannot escape what is foretold.
Chorus
  1. Why, what is fated for Zeus except to hold eternal sway?