/prəˈmiːθiːəs/
‘greek’ —> Προμηθεύς
*pronounced [promɛːtʰéu̯s]*
*possibly meaning “forethought”*
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*’titan’ / ‘culture hero’ / ‘trickster figure’*
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(in ‘greek mythology’, prometheus is credited with the creation of ‘man’ from ‘clay’, and who defies the ‘gods’ by stealing ‘fire’ and giving it to ‘humanity’, an act that enabled ‘progress’ + ‘civilization’)
(‘prometheus’ is known for his ‘intelligence’ + as a ‘champion of humankind’, and also seen as the ‘author’ of the human ‘arts’ + ‘sciences’ generally)
(he is sometimes presented as the father of ‘deucalion’, the hero of the ‘greek flood story’)
(the punishment of ‘prometheus’ as a consequence of the ‘theft’ is a major theme of his ‘mythology’, and is a popular subject of both ‘ancient’ + ‘modern’ art)
(‘zeus’ (king of the ‘olympian gods’) sentenced the ‘titan’ to ‘eternal torment’ for his ‘transgression’)
(the immortal ‘prometheus’ was bound to a ‘rock’, where each day an ‘eagle’ (the emblem of ‘zeus’) was sent to feed on his ‘liver’, which would then grow back overnight to be eaten again the next day)
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(in ‘ancient greece’, the ‘liver’ was often thought to be the seat of ‘human emotions’)
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(‘prometheus’ is freed at last by the hero ‘heracles’ (aka ‘hercules’))
(in another myth, ‘prometheus’ establishes the form of ‘animal sacrifice’ practiced in ‘ancient greek religion’)
(evidence of a cult to ‘prometheus’ himself is not widespread)
(he was a focus of ‘religious activity’ mainly at ‘athens’, where he was linked to ‘athena’ + ‘hephaestus’, other ‘greek deities’ of ‘creative skills’ + ‘technology’)
(in the ‘western classical tradition’, ‘prometheus’ became a figure who represented ‘human striving’, particularly the quest for ‘scientific knowledge’, and the risk of ‘overreaching’ or ‘unintended’ consequences)
(in particular, he was regarded in the ‘romantic era’ as embodying the ‘lone genius’ whose efforts to improve ‘human existence’ could also result in ‘tragedy’)
(‘mary shelley’, for instance, gave the modern prometheus as the subtitle to her novel frankenstein (1818))
a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and Menoetius. He was a champion of mankind, known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals.[2] Zeus then punished him for his crime by having him bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources, in which Prometheus is credited with – or blamed for – playing a pivotal role in the early history of mankind
same as book of genesis
(moral of story: god wants his creations to wallow in ignorance)
(ancient greek: Προμηθεύς, “forethought”)
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