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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

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

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

The Philadelphia Museum announced last week that it had bought a Rubens masterpiece, Prometheus Bound, to help celebrate its diamond jubilee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps "Oedipus Coloneus" is nearest approach among Greek tragedies to the elevation of "Prometheus Bound," and Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound" has much of the Greek sublimity and more than the Greek frigidity.

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)

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