Aeschylus' PROMETHEUS BOUND Complete

Translated by G. M. Cookson.

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Kratos: "Words," quotha? Aye, and shout 'em if need be.
Come down and cast a ring-bolt round his legs.

Hephaestus: The thing is featly done; and 'twas quick work.

Kratos: Now with a sound rap knock the bolt-pins home!
For heavy-handed is thy task-master.

Hephaestus: So villainous a form vile tongue befits.

Kratos: Be thou the heart of wax, but chide not me
That I am gruffish, stubborn and stiff-willed.

Hephaestus: Oh, come away! The tackle holds him fast.

Kratos: Now, where thou hang'st insult Plunder the Gods
For creatures of a day! To thee what gift
Will mortals tender to requite thy pains?
The destinies were out miscalling the
Designer: a designer thou wilt need
From trap so well contrived to twist thee free.
Exeunt.

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