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Prometheus Bound

American  

noun

  1. a tragedy (c457 b.c.) by Aeschylus.


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His musical "Prometheus Bound" is scheduled to open in March 2011 at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., and he's finishing up a "classical jazz symphony" that he hopes to premiere next year.

From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2010

The plot is Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, the story of a Titan who was chained to a rock in Scythia, so the setting should be�right, a jungle.

From Time Magazine Archive

The occasion for the tribute was a U.S.-inspired production of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, played partly in the Hamilton English translation and partly in modern Greek.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nolan also did a series of paintings inspired by Lowell's new play, Prometheus Bound, four of which appear with the story.

From Time Magazine Archive

We scarcely know whether to consider the Persians or the Prometheus Bound as the most extraordinary display of what has always been esteemed the most audacious spirit that ever expressed its workings in poetry.

From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley

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