<p>Greek tragedy was not realistic, but stylized, ritualized, with actors wearing masks and a Chorus that sang and danced. The opening scene:  Prometheus bound to the rock by Hephaestus.  Key thematic words are repeated.  This is a play about “limits” of all kinds.  </p>

Greek tragedy was not realistic, but stylized, ritualized, with actors wearing masks and a Chorus that sang and danced. The opening scene: Prometheus bound to the rock by Hephaestus. Key thematic words are repeated. This is a play about “limits” of all kinds.

Episode 203: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound. The Conventions of Ritualized, Stylized Greek Tragedy. The Opening Scene: Prometheus Bound to the Rock by Hephaestus.

This podcast is aimed at a non-specialist audience interested in acquiring what Northrop Frye called, in the title of one of his books, an educated imagination. Its materials are drawn from the many courses in literature and mythology that I taught, combined with material from my book The Productions of Time, for which I hope the podcast may provide an accessible introduction, with concrete examples.

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Episode 203: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound. The Conventions of Ritualized, Stylized Greek Tragedy. The Opening Scene: Prometheus Bound to the Rock by Hephaestus.

Episode 203: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound. The Conventions of Ritualized, Stylized Greek Tragedy. The Opening Scene: Prometheus Bound to the Rock by Hephaestus.