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Rh From going destroyed to Hades.

Therefore, indeed, with such afflictions am I bent,

To suffer grievous, and piteous to behold,

And, holding mortals up to pity, myself am not

Thought worthy to obtain it; but without pity

Am I thus corrected, a spectacle inglorious to Zeus. Ch. Of iron heart and made of stone,

Whoe'er, Prometheus, with thy sufferings

Does not grieve; for I should not have wished to see

These things, and having seen them I am grieved at heart.

Pr. Indeed to friends I'm piteous to behold.

Ch. Did you in no respect go beyond this?

Pr. True, mortals I made cease foreseeing fate.

Ch. Having found what remedy for this all?

Pr. Blind hopes in them I made to dwell.

Ch. A great advantage this you gave to men.

Pr. Beside these, too, I bestowed on them fire.

Ch. And have mortals flamy fire?

Pr. From which, indeed, they will learn many arts.

Ch. Upon such charges, then, does Zeus