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etymology.
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The interpretation and derivation of the etym. magn. ὁ τῶν ἀνθρώπων πλαστής, is justly rejected by Dindorf, who remarks that Æschylus paid no attention to the fable respecting Prometheus being the maker of mankind.
From Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes by Theodore Alois Buckley
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