Eric Luttrell | Prometheus (1 of 3) Evolution of the myth @ericluttrell | Uploaded February 2017 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This is the first of three video lectures that accompany the reading of Hesiod's Works and Days (lines 42-105) and Theogony (lines 507-616) as well as Aeschylus' play Prometheus Bound. It contains a description of the general evolution of the Prometheus myth from Hesiod's time to the present as well as possible sources for the myth in both ancient Mesopotamia and the Caucasus Mountains.
Links to texts:
Hesiod's Works and Days: theoi.com/Text/HesiodWorksDays.html#Pandora
Hesiod's Theogony: theoi.com/Text/HesiodTheogony.html#10
Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound: theoi.com/Text/AeschylusPrometheus.html