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grbs-10391	Podlecki, Anthony J.	Reciprocity in Prometheus Bound	1969	6	.pdf	application/pdf	2620	95	63	THIS ESSAY I shall analyze Prometheus Bound in terms of a feature which has generally been disregarded, a feature I shall call 'reci­ procity': the constant recurrence of key concepts and terms, now applied by Prometheus to Zeus or his supporters, now shown by the other characters, or acknowledged by Prometheus, to be equally applicable to himself. Hermes applies the term to Prometheus three times: by such stubborn acts have you brought 1 From the large modern literature on the problem of Zeus in the play may be mentioned: O. J. Todd, The Character of Zeus in Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, CQ 19 (1925) 61-67; L. R. Farnell, The Paradox of the Prometheus Vinctus, ]HS 53 (1933) 40-50; H. D. F. Kitto, The Prometheus, ]HS 54 (1934) 14-40; W. F. J. Knight, Zeus in the Prometheia, JHS 58 (1938) 51-54; H. Lloyd-Jones, Zeus in Aeschylus, ]HS 76 (1956) 55-67; L. Golden, In Praise of Prometheus (Chapel Hill 1966) ch. v; A. J. Podlecki, The Political Background of Aeschylean Tragedy (Ann Arbor 1966) ch. vi. 2	cache/grbs-10391.pdf	txt/grbs-10391.txt