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Prometheus Unbound

American  

noun

  1. a drama in verse (1820) by Shelley.


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One of the reasons that science has achieved such stature in the late 20th century is its self-confident autonomy, the freedom of the scientific mind, Prometheus unbound, to go wherever it pleases.

From Time Magazine Archive

It exalts courage and enterprise and adventure and sings its most joyous hymn to a Prometheus unbound by any gods.

From Time Magazine Archive

The nearest approach to it occurred a few years ago in a Glasgow auctioneer's catalogue: 'Lot 282, Sir Noel Paton's Illustrations, Shelley's Prometheus, unbound, 12 plates, n.d.'

From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)