Excerpt from The Seven Tragedies, Literally Translated Into English Prose From the Text of Bloomfield and Schutz

Str. We are come, indeed, to a remote plain of the earth, to a Scythian region, to a desert uninhabited by men. But it is proper, O Vulcan, that the commands, which father Jove laid on you, be your care, viz. to bind this atrocious to lofty-cragged rocks, in not-to-be-broken fetters of iron chains. For, having stolen, he afforded to mortals, thy ornament (lit. flower), the brightness of art-assisting fire: it is proper, therefore, on account of such a crime, that he give satisfaction to (i. e. suffer punishment from) the Gods, that he may be taught to be content with (or, reverence) the sway of Jove, and to cease from a disposition friendly to man (i. e. from his attempts to benefit mankind).

Vul. Strength, and Force, as far as ye are concerned indeed, the command of Jove has then an end, and nothing is remaining besides (i. e. ye have done all that ye had to do in executing Jove's commands), but I cannot bear to bind a kindred God by force to a stormy recess of the rock. But it is altogether necessary for me to acquire courage for these things, for it is grievous (or, dangerous) to neglect the orders of father Jove.

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