Explore the Promethean archetype in the Western tradition by consulting Carl Kerenyi, Prometheus, Archetypal Image of Human Existence . Read selections for evidence of the flood motifs in Alan Dundes, The Flood. . You may want to explore some of the other music inspired by Prometheus that is discussed in the Commentary to this Chapter. Translations Read Ovid's version of the story of Lycaon and contrast it with that found in Apollodorus and Pausanias. Glossaries Study how Atlas and related words Atlantic, atlantes and Atlantis have come into English.
Constellations Look at the constellations of Aquila.
Identify and explain some of the etiological motifs in the myths of this chapter. Explain the following statement. In Hesiod the punishment of Prometheus, though seemingly cruel, is a necessary consequence of a righteous and majestic Zeus. In Prometheus Bound the focus has shifted. Discuss the Five Ages of Man and the distinctive features of each according to Hesiod.