PROMETHEUS: Why should I fear since I am fated not to die?

CHORUS: But he might inflict on you an ordeal even more bitter than this.

PROMETHEUS: Let him, for all I care! I am prepared for anything.

CHORUS: Wise are they who do homage to Necessity.

PROMETHEUS: Worship, adore, and fawn upon whoever is your lord. But for Zeus I care less than nothing. Let him do his will, let him hold his power for his little day—since he will not bear sway over the gods for long.

Aeschylus Attributed to Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound