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The mythological legends of Homer and Æschylus revealing the adventures of Odysseus and Prometheus have fascinated European thought since ancient times. Moore’s involvement with the narratives came through two literary works brought to his attention towards the end of the Second World War and during its immediate aftermath. Based on Andre Gidés Le Prométhée mal enchaîné (1899) - itself an interpretation of Goethe’s Prometheus, a dramatic fragment from 1773 - and The Rescue, conceived by Edward Sackville-West as a melodrama for radio and first published in 1945, Moore created in two and three dimensions a group of works expressing both the optimism and the fragility of human existence. These works form the subject of this exhibition.