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Prometheus Bound

An Ancient Greek play, Prometheus Bound has usually been attributed to Aeschylus but has been considered to be the work of an anonymous playwright from as late as fourth century BC. It is hinted to be the first play of a trilogy, but the other two plays following only survive in fragments. As the title suggests, it centers on the myth of Prometheus.

It is only in the beginning of the play that Nyx is mentioned by Hephaestus as he foretells what Prometheus will endure.

"Lofty-minded son of Themis who counsels straight, against my will, no less than yours, I must rivet you with brazen bonds no hand can loose to this desolate crag, where neither voice nor form of mortal man shall you perceive; but, scorched by Helios's bright beams, you shall lose the fair bloom of your flesh. And glad you shall be when spangled-robed Nyx shall veil his brightness and when Helios shall scatter again the frost of morning. Evermore the burden of your present ill shall wear you out; for your deliverer is not yet born."

Book sources:
Aeschylus. Aeschylus. English translation by Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D. in two volumes. 1. Prometheus Bound. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1926.

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