#Prometheus Bound

[sarafangirlart]

Prometheus and his mother Clymene

[prometheus-rewound]

Might be my favorite post ever. Love seeing ppl newly discover the thing I literally study.

Here’s some clarification on some things ha ha:

You’re thinking of Odin, the father of Thor.

Homer was very likely not real, just kind of a personification of that style of poetry (based on what I know, but there are other theories)

Hermes being the ‘funny one’ gave me a good laugh— he’s like the god of travelers and thieves and is the messenger of the gods (sometimes, though Iris also is) and also takes souls to the underworld. He’s does a lot of stuff but it’s all about crossing between boundaries etc.

There’s actually another fire god, Hestia. She’s the goddess of the hearth (fireplaces). You’re not wrong just wanted to also add.

Kratos is like a minor god of strength. He helps Hephaestus crucify Prometheus that one time (not important don’t worry about it). The Greeks personified literally every concept imaginable so don’t sweat mixing that up.

I deeply encourage digging deeper in this hole there so much fun stuff to learn!! Getting stuff wrong is part of the fun ha.

this website’s easy watch. *dangles a bunch of greek gods like keys*

[assmaster-8000]

prometheus shall always be earthward bound; burn with the scorching wanting up above anyways

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: Prometheus Bound Artist: Thomas Cole (American [born England], 1801-1848) Date: 1847 Genre: landscape painting, mythological painting Movement: Hudson River School Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 162.6 cm (64 in) high x 243.8 cm (96 in) wide Location: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA, USA

[loonylodestone]

Van Palmer // Prometheus Bound

[cloversreblogs]

Dionysus may have more connections to Prometheus than at first glance

One of Dionysus’ lines, “what’s [Prometheus] gonna do, cook our meat?”, is likely a direct reference to a line from the play, The Birds, by the comic poet Aristophanes. Prometheus is featured in the play, and the main character tells Prometheus “I know we’re not supposed to like you, but thank you for giving us fire for cooking meat”, to which Prometheus says “I hate Gods”

Oh cool. A possible reference to a real play, nice.

But get this-! Remember how Dionysus saw Frinos and goes “I hope that frog doesn’t sing” as a reference to Aristophanes’ The Frogs? The time Dionysus went to the Underworld to resurrect a poet?

Well that poet was Aeschylus. Writer of Prometheus Bound.

And get this. It was said Aeschylus became a tragic poet because Dionysus showed up to him in his dreams and told him to write tragedies.

Meaning it’s very likely that it was Dionysus himself made sure Prometheus Bound got written. THE play that is the reason Prometheus is remembered fondly as a hero rather than a traitor.

Then there’s the Aesop legend where Dionysus got Prometheus drunk on nectar before work and that’s how Prometheus accidentally made queer people, but I choose not to regard it since it’s clearly for giggles— how is Dionysus there if there are no mortals yet and he’s half mortal? Anyway.

Of course Dionysus wants to invite Prometheus to his feast. Dionysus is probably Prometheus’ biggest fan 😂

[galusandmalus]

omg medusa didnt do anything and wasnt dangerous

"The Gorgonian plain of Cisthene, where The Phorkides live, those three long-lived Young women in the shape of swans, who share one eye And one tooth – the sun never looks at them With his beams, nor the moon at night. Near them are their sisters, the three winged Snaky-haired Gorgons hateful to humans, Whom no mortal can look upon and live. That’s the kind of thing you should guard against. But let me tell you about another difficult-to-handle sight: Watch out for Zeus’s sharp-beaked unbarking Dogs, the gryphons, and the one-eyed army Of Arimaspians on horseback -- they live Around the gold-flowing water of Pluto’s stream. Keep away from them. Then you’ll come to a far Country, and a black tribe who live near The springs of the sun" -Prometheus Bound

Yeah, ok, then why does Prometheus have to explicitly warn Io (the woman who's basically just what people WANT medusa to be) to avoid them? He clearly has them being dangerous and to be avoided, putting them together with natural dangers and griffins.

its interesting that the Graeae are mentioned here too like they are all dangerous monsters.

[ashcloud-on-venus]

Prometheus Bound by Christian Schussele (1824-1879). [Charcoal]. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

[justjudethoughts]

I think it's absolutely wild that there is an argument about whether Prometheus is more of a Christ figure or a Luciferian figure, and what makes it even more wild is that both arguments are actually compelling. It's like "here are extremely opposite interpretations, also you're not gonna have a clue which claim is better."

For what it's worth, I'm a "Prometheus was a pseudo-Christ figure" girly. I simply do not care what John Milton said. He was wrong about everything else, anyway XD

[strawberryjamdays]

the mug has miso soup 🤌🏻

[godinthebeehive]

What bitter wrongs I bear!

Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound

[sarafangirlart]

Medusa’s gaze only working on men has got to be one of the goofiest “interpretation” of all time.

[mythinart]

prometheus bound by peter paul rubens (1611-1612)

[papillondusublime]

Héphaïstos:

« Que tu es haut, frère en flammes! Plus élevé que les âmes. Que tu es beau, au sommet! Plus furtif que la fumée. De si haut, le lendemain Est un horizon sans fin. De si haut, les avalanches Sont vagues aux crêtes blanches. De si haut, le doré char Du soleil va sous la barre. Là-haut, tu pourrais t'assoir, Mais ta voie qui va prévoir? Tu es si haut! Tu peux voir Que nul ne veut te revoir. Fixés sur un pic désert, Que tes yeux sont solitaires! »

Prométhée:

« Mais que tu es bas, bâtard! L'esprit bas et en retard. Jeté au pied de l'Olympe, Vers la main du Beau tu grimpes. Ô bassesse! Tu ne marches Qu'en boitant de marche en marche, Dos courbé, tête baissée Face au chien qui t'a dressé. De Zeus, tu pris le collier, Puis l'ordre d'ici me lier. J'ai les liens d'acier, les chaînes; Toi, à la laisse il te mène. J'ai d'infrangibles entraves; Toi, libre, agis en esclave. Je suis à bout! Mais debout Lorsque tu plies les genoux. Que m'abatte le tonnerre! Je me bats, même en enfer. Rien ne courbe, rien ne tue Un dieu sans trône ou statue. »

-Poésie: extrait de "Prométhée déchaîné", à lire dans "Genèse d'une femme" par Marine Mariposa, disponible gratuitement sur https://sites.google.com/view/papillondusublime/gen%C3%A8se-dune-femme -Image: ''Prometheus Bound'', Rubens

[lionofchaeronea]

Prometheus Chained on the Rocks, Carl Rahl (1812-1865)

[crumblestew]

How it feels to sob over your set texts while trying to write your essay