Ye gods, including Zeus. All he did was give us fire — which led to a few other good things — and now, due to your petulance, he’s stuck on a mountaintop, bound in chains for all eternity; or at least until the mountain top rains down boulders upon him and he’s buried for whatever remains of eternity. That’s the legend of Prometheus, created by the ancient Greeks and promulgated dramatically by the playwright Aeschylus. Translated into English by Dr. Marianne McDonald of UCSD and staged by artistic director Douglas Lay, “Prometheus Unbound” may be seen at The Theatre Inc. through Dec. 14. On the same bill is Euripides’ satyr play, “Cyclops,” meant to cleanse and perhaps tickle the palate ere one departs to the real world. Satyr plays — “Cyclops” is the only surviving example — were bawdy, grossly explicit short works meant to provide relief from the tragedies. Lay, of both works, earlier promised some amply endowed and frisky Satyrs (Greg Larson, Devin O’Neill and Marcuz Rodriguez), who chase everything in sight, including one another and the delightful, almost life-size lambs they raise, in the hope of finding fertile ground to plow with their gigantic phalluses. These monumental objects are sewn into the Satyrs’ costumes (Lay’s designs). It’s a case of being unable to not watch. The Satyrs’ father, Cyclops (Brian Abraham) is got up in motley and a mask suitable for a guy with only one eye, which is put out in short order by a tourist named Odyssey (Odysseus, Chris Fonseca), who is eager to get back to his wife after the Trojan War. Rhys Green portrays Daddy Satyr. The double bill begins with “Prometheus Bound,” which features effective digital design by Tom Christ. The sacrifice of Prometheus (Abraham) is Christ-like and if one did not know that already, the production makes it quite apparent. Portrayed by Brian Abraham, he is clad only in frayed leather briefs, his body chained and splayed as if on a cross throughout the play. He is visited by the Daughters of Oceanus (Melissa Hamilton, Vanessa B. Milton and Diana Sparta) as well as by Io (the excellent Bianca Chapman), the beloved of Zeus, who seems destined to wander forever to hide her from Zeus’ jealous wife, Hera. Mr. Abraham is quite articulate as Prometheus. McDonald gives him lots of poetic dialogue, which he delivers crisply. The opening portion of the work, with the masked and hooded Daughters traveling in circles and speaking in unison, is somewhat of a trial because listening is such hard work. Then the story takes over and one is engrossed. The new theater space is arranged nicely, the raked seating most comfortable. It is very live acoustically, and actors who tend to over-amplify and “theatricalize” their voices must take heed to that fact: such practices thwart understanding of the text. And in the case of the classics, text is all-important and there are no super titles. “Prometheus Bound” and “Cyclops” continue at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 14, joined by Euripides’ “Helen,” translated by McDonald and Dr. J. Michael Walton, which plays at 7 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 14. The Theatre Inc. is located at 899 C St., downtown. For information and tickets, visit www.thetheatreinc.com or call (619) 216-3016.