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Aeschylus's Prometheus bound is probably the most lyrical of the Greek classical tragedies. It is also the most undramatic -- one man, a sort of demigod at that, chained to a rock, orated to, and orating at, a sequence of embodied apparitions.

Mary Shelley began work on the 'ghost story' that was to evolve into the most celebrated horror novel in literary history. Frankenstein was published the next year and become the rage of London. In the generations since, the story of Victor Frankenstein and the monster he created has been read by millions all over the world. It has inspired hundreds of imitations, but it has never been equaled for its masterful manipulation of the elements of horror...

Essay emphasizing the mythological aspect of Greek religion.