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(CH.) For Zeus thou hast despised; Thy fearless heart misprized All that his vengeance can, Thy wayward will obeying, Excess of honour paying, Prometheus, unto man. And, oh, beloved, for this graceless grace What thanks? What prowess for thy bold essay Shall champion thee from men of mortal race, The petty insects of a passing day? Saw'st not how puny is the strength they spend? With few, faint steps walking as dreams and blind, Nor can the utmost of their lore transcend The harmony of the Eternal Mind. […]

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Go thou and worship; fold thy hands in prayer, And be the dog that licks the foot of power! Nothing care I for Zeus; yea, less than naught! Let him do what he will, and sway the world His little hour; he has not long to lord it Among the Gods.

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(Χο.) Ζῆνα γὰρ οὐ τρομέων ἰδίᾳ γνώμᾳ σέβῃ θνατοὺς ἄγαν͵ Προμηθεῦ. φέρε͵ πῶς χάρις ἁ χάρις͵ ὦ φίλος; εἰπέ͵ ποῦ τις ἀλκά; τίς ἐφαμερίων ἄρηξις; οὐδ΄ ἐδέρχθης ὀλιγοδρανίαν ἄκικυν͵ ἰσόνειρον͵ ᾇ τὸ φωτῶν ἀλαὸν γένος ἐμπεποδισμένον; οὔποτε  τὰν Διὸς ἁρμονίαν θνατῶν παρεξίασι βουλαί. 

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(Πρ.) σέβου͵ προσεύχου͵ θῶπτε τὸν κρατοῦντ΄ ἀεί. ἐμοὶ δ΄ ἔλασσον Ζηνὸς ἢ μηδὲν μέλει. δράτω͵ κρατείτω τόνδε τὸν βραχὺν χρόνον ὅπως θέλει· δαρὸν γὰρ οὐκ ἄρξει θεοῖς. 

Cf. SOPHOCLES : Nothing more wonderful and frightening than man ||| PLATO : Wisdom ||| GENNADIUS SCHOLARIUS : Words are the fathers of all Good ||| DIONYSIOS SOLOMOS : Free Besieged, Hymn to Liberty