In both account 3 in Genesis and Prometheus Bound, God or Zeus punished people unreasonably. In the story of Genesis, God punished serpent because the serpent helped Eve to have a fruit and let her see and get knowledge; however, God didn't want to share the knowledge or abilities. So God punished some one who helped other people.
Meanwhile, in the story of Prometheus Bound , Zeus was the person who did things like God did. He punished Prometheus because Prometheus helped people to gain vital knowledge or skills, which Zeus didn't like. I feel Zeus didn't want people to oppose him, so he thought not to share the knowledge with people is the good solution.
Personally, I don't think it was good idea that God and Zeus punished them because knowledge should be shared among people. If people share their knowledge or skills, they can create better things in the society. Although both serpent and Prometheus dis obeyed God and Zeus, I believe they did right decision.
You correctly observed the central points of comparison, Momoko, and I also agree with your conclusion!
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