First, to be honest, I don't quite understand the story of Prometheus Bound because I was absent that day. Also, I don't have any knowledge about Western history before. However, I'll do the best I can.
In Genesis 3, the serpent was not a bad guy. He told Eve the truth about the fruit but he didn't prohibit then from eating it. When God found out that Adam and Eve ate the fruit, he investigated all of them. Eve blamed on the serpent, so they all were punished and sent out from Eden Garden.
The similarities between these two stories are: First, God in Genesis 3 can be campared with Zeus in Prometheus Bound because they are responsibility for punishing people. Also, they punished people unreasonably or they might have wicked reasons. In Genesis 3, God punished the serpent, Adam and Eve because he didn't want human to know good and bad. In Prometheus Bound, Zeus punished Prometheus because he helped people gain vital knowledge. Zeus didn't want people to get knowledge. Second, the serpent's role is similar toPrometheus' role in these stories. They both tried to help people but they got punished somehow. Last, Adam and Eve can be compared with people in Prometheus Bound.
These stories show that if we do good things, we may get bad results somehow. It's similar to a proverb that we have in Thai but it's totally different from Buddhist moral precept.
Chanida, as you say, you weren't present for "Prometheus Bound", but you wrote a very good post comparing it to Genesis 3--good job!
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