Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Dramatic poetry
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre, 1824-1898 · [ca. 1893–1896]
Depicting a scene from Prometheus Bound, the bearded figure of Prometheus is chained to a rocky outcrop above the sea while a vulture circles above and the Oceanides (sea nymphs) surround him. Situated in the foreground, Aeschylus reclines on a cliff's edge holding a script.
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