PROMETHEUS BOUND
Hephaistos, Kratos and Bia bring in
Prometheus captive.
KRATOS
On the uttermost of earth at last we stand,
The Scythians' range, inhuman solitude;
And thou, Hephaistos, needs must go about
The Father's high commission, to make fast
This knave to the stupendous precipices
In adamantine everlasting bands.
Thy glorious flower, all-operating fire,
He stole, he utter'd unto men: for such
Misdeed the gods require just recompense,
That he be schooled to brook the mastery 10
Of Zeus, and leave his bent of loving men.
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