Prometheus Bound (Thoreau Translation): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Prometheus Bound (Thoreau Translation), credited to Aeschylus, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Prometheus Bound (Thoreau Translation) by Aeschylus. (Translated by Henry David Thoreau.) Read in English by Expatriate. Whether or not it was actually written by Aeschylus, as is much disputed, "Prometheus Bound" is a powerful statement on behalf of free humanity in the face of what often seem like the impersonal, implacable Forces that rule the Universe. As one of the most compelling rebel manifestos ever composed, it has appealed not only to the expected host of scholars of Greek drama, but also to a fascinatingly free-spirited array of translators, especially since the early 19th century; Percy Bysshe Shelley, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (two very different versions), and activist-poet Augusta Webster are among those who have tried their poetic and linguistic powers at rendering it into English. The version recorded here was by Henry David Thoreau, who recommended in "Walden" reading Aeschylus in the bright early morning hours. Thoreau published this translation in Volume Three of the transcendentalist journal "The Dial" in 1843, when he was 26 years old. Summary by Expatriate.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Prometheus Bound (Thoreau Translation)
• Author credits: Aeschylus
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 3
• Listed recording duration: 59:08

Catalogue topics

• mythology
• greek drama
• Henry David Thoreau
• greek tragedy
• aeschylus

Track guide

1. 01 - Part I — 19:20
2. 02 - Part II — 21:05
3. 03 - Part III — 18:42

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