Prometheus

[ pruh-mee-thee-uhs, -thyoos ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.

Prometheus

/ prəˈmiːθɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a Titan, who stole fire from Olympus to give to mankind and in punishment was chained to a rock, where an eagle tore at his liver until Hercules freed him

Prometheus

1. In classical mythology , the Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans. As punishment for the theft, Zeus ordered Prometheus chained to a rock and sent a great eagle to gnaw at the Titan's liver . Despite his torment, Prometheus refused to submit to Zeus' will. He was eventually rescued by Hercules .

Notes

Prometheus has become a symbol of lonely and valiant resistance to authority. Aeschylus wrote a play, Prometheus Bound , and Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote a long poem entitled “Prometheus Unbound.”

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To be so humbled in the knowledge of any living being, was the vultures of Prometheus to the proud heart of Ripperda.

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No creature of the Greek imagination would have been a suitable inhabitant for it except Prometheus alone.

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Before this sculpture, with its obscure designs, a man might have dreamed of Prometheus roughly sketching for Michael Angelo.

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Some accounts, however, say that Prometheus made both man and woman out of clay.

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But the fount of inspiration, the source of temporary elation and strength, had not been exhausted by Prometheus.

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