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Prometheus and Atlas, Laconian black figure kylix, by the Arkesilas Painter, 560 550 BC, inv. 16592 Museo Gregoriano Etrusco Vatican Museums DSC01069

Aeschylus Prometheus Bound

Aeschylus. Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound. Translated by David Grene. Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Aeschylus. Prometheus Bound. Edited by Mark Griffith. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Prometheus Bound. Translated by Joel Agee. New York: New York Review Books, 2005.

Herington, C. J. The Author of the Prometheus Bound. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1970.

Codex Laurentianus 32.9 (Manuscript M)

Location: Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana, Florence.

Date: c. 1000–1050 AD.

Context: This is the most authoritative source for all seven surviving plays. It is a luxurious parchment codex that preserves the oldest traditions of the text.

Manuscript Nn.3.17.1

Location: Cambridge University Library (originally from Mount Athos).

Date: Early 14th century (c. 1325).

Context: A primary example of a Byzantine-era schoolbook containing the Triad (Prometheus, Seven Against Thebes, Persians).

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