Though it tells the stories of the defeated, Prometheus Bound and Other Plays features four tragedies that depict both unfortunate demises and the essence of the fighting human spirit. The Suppliants, the first play of the collection, follows the daughters of Danaus as they flee from the loveless marriages that had been forced upon them. The Persians, perhaps the oldest surviving play in existence, portrays the defeat of the Persian King Xeroxes....
"The Greatest Tale of All Time ... is what scholars have called Homer's Odyssey, in addition to "the first novel, " "the first expression of the mind in literary form, " and "the best story ever written." Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
