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Prometheus Unbound

American  

noun

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


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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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)