A Fever of Intellect: Prometheus Bound and its Authenticity

'The Uncertainty about the Play’s Authorship is One More Gift of Prometheus'

Tom Hendrickson at In Media Res.

"The very question of authenticity was born during an era of scholarly hubris when the field of classics was selling itself as a scientific discipline. Perhaps it was wishful thinking to put such faith in the power of knowledge, but it’s a faith clearly shared by the author of Prometheus Bound, whoever it was. Prometheus Bound is a celebration of the triumph of knowledge, although it also carries with it hints of the limits of knowledge, and the dangers intertwined with knowledge."

See Aeschylus, Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 5, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 4.