Act 2

Question 1

Io: …and in order for you to receive him, he’ll transform you into a cow.
Chorus: Poor girl!

Answer 1

Those are indeed strange dreams!

Question 2

“Are all men forever to punish women who refuse to surrender to them?” ~ Chorus

Answer 2

And Hera, Zeus’s wife, torments you because Zeus fell in love with you.

Question 3

You: And Hera, Zeus’s wife, torments you because Zeus fell in love with you.
Chorus: Are all wives to punish women whom their husbands fall in love with?

Answer 3

Io, in Zeus you have an unsatisfied lover, and in Hera you have a jealous wife.

Question 4

Io: Who is this woman? And who is her son?
Prometheus: I will not say. It is my secret unless Zeus unbinds me and sets me free.

Answer 4

If you’re not going to reveal your secret, Prometheus, then you may as well tell Io of her future wanderings, and who will set her free.

Question 5

“It is best for likes to fall in love with likes.” ~ Chorus

Answer 5

Can a poor boy marry a rich girl?

Question 6

“Let Zeus go on believing that lightning and thunder give him his power! His son by the woman i know will bring. about his overthrow.” ~ Prometheus

Answer 6

Til then, he may still inflict punishment on you, even harsher than you’re receiving.

Question 7

“Water nymphs, so sympathetic to Prometheus, listen to me! Leave this place at once! Save yourselves before the flashes of lighting and the roar of thunder bewilder your senses!” ~ Hermes

Answer 7

Hermes, we are not afraid to suffer the same fate as Prometheus.

Question 8

“Goodbye Prometheus” ~ Chorus

Answer 8

Goodbye, Prometheus.