title: Prometheus Bound (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
author: Aeschylus
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  # Prometheus Unbound
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Percy Bysshe Shelley
  
  
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  Prometheus Unbound
  
  
  A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
  Dramatis Personae
  
  
  PROMETHEUS. ASIA \
  
  
  DEMOGORGON. PANTHEA }-- Oceanides.
  
  
  JUPITER. IONE /
  
  
  THE EARTH.
  
  
  THE PHANTASM OF JUPITER.
  
  
  OCEAN. THE SPIRIT OF THE EARTH.
  
  
  APOLLO. THE SPIRIT OF THE MOON.
  
  
  MERCURY. SPIRITS OF THE HOURS.
  
  
  HERCULES. SPIRITS. ECHOES. FAUNS.
  
  
  FURIES.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Act I
  
  
    
    
  
  
  SCENE, a Ravine of Icy Rocks in the Indian Caucasus. PROMETHEUS is discovered
  bound to the Precipice. PANTHEA and IONE are seated at his feet. Time, Night.
  During the Scene morning slowly breaks.  
    
  **PROMETHEUS**  
  
  
  MONARCH of Gods and Daemons, and all Spirits  
  
  
  But One, who throng those bright and rolling worlds  
  
  
  Which Thou and I alone of living things  
  
  
  Behold with sleepless eyes! regard this Earth  
  
  
  Made m