Prometheus Bound

Aeschylus

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

  1. through his chest with your full force.
Hephaestus
  1. Alas, Prometheus, I groan for your sufferings.
Power
  1. What! Shrinking again and groaning over the enemies of Zeus? Take care, so that the day does not come when you shall grieve for yourself.
Hephaestus
  1. You see a spectacle grievous for eyes to behold.
Power
  1. I see this man getting his deserts. Come, cast the girths about his sides.
Hephaestus
  1. I must do this; spare me your needless ordering.
Power
  1. Indeed, I’ll order you, yes and more—I’ll hound you on. Get down below, and ring his legs by force.
Hephaestus
  1. There now! The work’s done and without much labor.
Power
  1. Now hammer the piercing fetters with your full force; for the appraiser of our work is severe.
Hephaestus
  1. The utterance of your tongue matches your looks.
Power
  1. Be softhearted then,
  2. but do not attack my stubborn will and my harsh mood.
Hephaestus
  1. Let us be gone, since he has got the fetters on his limbs. Exit