Supposed inconsistencies between this play and its nominal author’s other output led scholar M. L. West to attribute this play to that author’s son Euphorion. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this tragedy, which opens with Kratos and Bia standing “here at the furthest verge of earth.”
ANSWER: Prometheus Bound [or Prometheus Desmotes]
[10e] Prometheus Bound is traditionally attributed to this ancient Greek tragedian, who definitely did write the Oresteia (“oh-res-TYE-uh”).
ANSWER: Aeschylus [or Aiskhylos]
[10m] The plot of Prometheus Bound is based on an episode from this poet’s Theogony. This poet’s Works and Days inspired a Greek narrative in which he beats his predecessor Homer in a poetry contest.
ANSWER: Hesiod (“HEE-see-od”) [or Hesiodos]
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