PROMETHEUS BOUND 

That's very kind, thanks.

Absolutely. The animation is outstanding

Remember the early Tom & Jerry.

Thanks. I hope it's getting less and less underrated.

Thank you- it was a lot of blood, sweat and tears and time I must admit.

@@manateeidol can you give me a sense of what went into this? Your video inspired me to do something similar with my brothers:)

Thank you and I'm glad you found it. I hope Aeschylus would have liked it. I know things take on totally different meanings over the centuries, but I think the rebellious spirit captured in the words stays pretty much the same.

Thanks for watching a first and second time.

Wow- what a comment! Thank you!

Thank you very much. I'm grateful you watched it and liked it!

Glad you found it :)

Thanks. Yes, I remember reading Paradise Lost many years ago and probably had a nugget of that in my mind. Especially, as you spotted, in the Blake references.

@@manateeidol Brilliant stuff. Thank you for the film. More please, sir.

@@rascalman7 Thanks! I'm still around so more on it's way.

@@manateeidol Continuing with this Prometheus theme would be cool. How about when Hercules/Heracles releases him? Anything with the Prometheus story as it is so deeply profound.

@@rascalman7 Yes, I used to think about doing this, though raising the money and getting the time would be impossible I think (for this animator at least). Perhaps someone else will do this one day. Though in a way, like Percy Shelley, I kind of like that this is where we leave the story, as I don't quite buy the reconciliation with Zeus when he is released.

Prometheus and Atlas is better

That's a nice thing to say- thank you.

Thank you. I was trying to think of the theatre play and keep the essence of it.

I'm glad you like it. Thanks for commenting.

Thanks :)

Thanks very much!

Thanks for watching and saying so.

My pleasure- thanks for watching.

Thanks- yes it was tough I must admit.

My pleasure- thanks for saying so.

Thank you. I may have some tests without colour. If I find them I will post them here.

Thank you very much!

Thank you.

Thank you :)

Thanks!

Thanks for watching. Glad if it wowed.

Thanks!- Yes, it cost more than I had actually!

Thank you.

Thanks :)

Thank you!

Thanks, James. It's been a while since I read all the theories, but I had in mind the biblical parallels at the time, and that the flood and Prometheus' story had some common ground. And I always liked the concept that the omnipotent god, whoever it may be, wasn't on the side of mankind and could even be hostile. The phrase "be careful not to hurt yourself" in the play was a sarcastic aside to the Chorus as I recall, as in "don't get involved. Run away and leave me to my punishment and keep your hands clean" sort of thing. But I had Prometheus say it to humankind or the spectator, and overlaid it with images of man taking on the mantle of Prometheus, so that when he repeats it a second time he really meant it- don't hurt yourself. In the sense that fire brings many destructive things as well as knowledge. And finally, I had Prometheus be transformed into the roots of the play and become a theatre mask, himself made from clay and imbued with fire just as he had done at the beginning of the film. So the creation of the mask and the donning of the mask is indeed man taking on the mantle of Prometheus. In that sense it has a little of Nietzsche's theory in it I guess. Though I can't recall if that was in my mind at the time.

@@manateeidol i appreciate your response. i initially was confused by the phrase but you've given me something to think about. have you had a chance to make anything else like this, or know of anyone working with similar subject matter worth watching? found it very refreshing in researching the subject matter and inspired me to think more about it. thank you for your work!

Hello. I guess the interpretation differs with each source, and perhaps the writer's agenda. I can't recall reading that particular viewpoint in my research, but I may have missed it. I guess I was already looking at it from my own angle. I saw a certain arrogance in Prometheus, but I was attracted to the idea of him as a heroic crusader for knowledge and enlightenment. And that it was the jealousies and hubris of Zeus that led to the punishment. But there is the added twist that Prometheus had foreknowledge of his punishment but chose to do it anyway.

manateeidol interesting take. My sense after reading the Lattimore version is Prometheus placed man in “blind hopes” and caused them to “cease foreseeing doom”, meaning he alone had the ability to extricate man from the tyranny than Zeus has bestowed upon him as punishment.

@Gustavus Mercurius I guess in most Greek plays there is a deference to Zeus, but I was more drawn to this one because he's depicted as a tyrant. That's why he's been adopted by the Romantics and people ever since. Not many people are believers in Zeus these days but I guess there's a discussion to be had about what I and others mean beyond that. But I've always been on the side of Prometheus for sure.

"Oh wise are the ones who bow before the absolute." "be careful not to hurt yourself"

Hi- yes you heard it exactly right. It's translated in a number of ways but I take it to mean that he was intelligent enough to know exactly what he was doing in his rebellion and the consequences.

Hi. It's adapted from the Paul Roche translation published by Bolchazy-Carducci.