Blog Post for 4/20

In Prometheus Bound, one line that stood out to me was when Prometheus exclaims this statement  “Time in it’s aging course teaches all things” , after Hermes tells him that Zeus does not understand the word “alas” .Alas stands as the exclamation of pity, and this quote brings together the play's emphasis on friendship and time. Pity is sympathy with suffering friends, but Zeus does not know that feeling because he does not honor friendships. Prometheus's rests on the fact that in time Zeus's power will be challenged. This is interesting to me because there are some people that believe they are so powerful that they can beat time , when it is the opposite. Prometheus knows that time is stronger than Zeus.