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Io is on the run from Zeus and Hera, who has cursed her by turning her into a cow, and forced her to flee from Greece. She comes upon Prometheus, chained to the side of a mountain as punishment for bringing fire to humankind, and she begs him to tell her the future. Prometheus explains that only after she flees to Egypt will Io be returned to human form. Io is distraught and considers killing herself, but Prometheus urges her to live so that she can see the fall of Zeus, who will be done in by
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IO
What does it profit me to live! Oh, why
Do I not throw myself from this rough crag
And in one leap rid me of all my pain?
Better to die at once than live, and all
My days be evil.
PROMETHEUS
Thou would'st find it hard
To bear what I must bear: for unto me
It is not given to die,-a dear release
From pain; but now of suffering there is
No end in sight till
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