Aeschylus' PROMETHEUS BOUND Complete

Translated by G. M. Cookson.

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Chorus: And wilt thou tell
The maiden something further: some fresh sorrow?

Prometheus: A stormy sea of wrong and ruining.

Io: What does it profit me to live! Oh, why
Do I not throw myself from this rough crag
And in one leap rid me of all my pain?
Better to die at once than live, and all
My days be evil.

Prometheus: Thou would'st find it hard
To bear what I must bear: for unto me
It is not given to die,-a dear release
From pain; but now of suffering there is
No end in sight till Zeus shall fall.

Io: And shall
Zeus fall? His power be taken from him?
No matter when if true-

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