Great Books Ep 60. Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound. Unsavory Tasks, Unyielding Goals: Managers' Duty to Get Things Done

There are hundreds and thousands of unsavory jobs in the world that people have to do but may not like to. Managers sometimes have to step in to urge people to do the company's objectives.

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Fasten them round his arms with all thy strength! Strike with thy hammer! Nail him to the rocks!

~ ‘Prometheus Bound’ by Aeschylus (G. M. Cookson translation. p40. line 55)

Brief Summary

The play starts with Kratos and Bia carrying Prometheus to a remote mountain with Hephaestus following them with tools like hammer, chai…