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Bound and Seven Against Thebes, by Aeschylus
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Title: Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes
Author: Aeschylus
Translator: Theodore Alois Buckley
Release Date: December 8, 2008 [EBook #27458]
Language: English
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ÆSCHYLUS'
PROMETHEUS BOUND
AND THE
SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.
LITERALLY TRANSLATED, WITH CRITICAL AND ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES,
BY
THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY, B.A.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
EDWARD BROOKS, JR.
PHILADELPHIA: DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER,
610 SOUTH WASHINGTON SQUARE.
Copyright, 1897, by DAVID MCKAY.
INTRODUCTION.
Æschylus, the first of the great Grecian writers of tragedy, was born at Eleusis, in 525 B.C. He was the son of Euphorion, who was probably a wealthy owner of rich vineyards. The poet's early employment was to watch the grapes and protect them from the ravages of men and other animals, and it is said that this occupation led to the development of his dramatic genius. It is more easy to believe that it was responsible for the development of ce