Ancient Greek tragedy attributed to Aeschylus (authorship debated), depicting the Titan Prometheus chained to a rock as divine punishment for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humanity.
Established the archetype of the noble rebel punished for beneficence — the prototype of Satanic, Promethean, and revolutionary heroism in Western thought.
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