PROMETHEUS THE FIREGIVER A Mask in the Greek Manner
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
1. Private Press of H. Daniel. Oxford, 1883.
2. Chiswick Press. G. Bell & Sons, 1884.
3. Clarendon Press. Smith, Elder & Co. Vol. I, 1898.
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ARGUMENT
Prometheus coming on earth to give fire to men appears before the palace of Inachus in Argos on a festival of Zeus. He interrupts the ceremony by announcing fire and persuades Inachus to dare the anger of Zeus and accept the gift. Inachus fetching Argeia his wife from the palace has in turn to quiet her fears. He asks a prophecy of Prometheus who foretells the fate of Io their daughter. Prometheus then setting flame to the altar and writing his own name thereon in the place of Zeus disappears.
