Required books: Aeschylus, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound.
An emergency translation of the tragedies (different from our textbook) is in the free website “Perseus
Digital Library.”
1 Why did the Danaids flee Egypt?
2 How did Pelasgus receive them?
3 Why did the Danaids claim to be Argive, the descendants of a cow?
4 Describe what happened with the sons of Egyptus when they came to Greece Prometheus Bound
5 Who did bound Prometheus and why?
6 Which gifts did Prometheus give to humankind? (Mention please all of them)
7 How did Aeschylus (the author of the tragedy) describe Zeus?
8 What did Hermes ask Prometheus at the end of the tragedy?
9 How does the tragedy end?
10 What does Prometheus symbolize?
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