Prometheus

Chained Prometheus, Peter Paul Rubens, 1611-1612

Prometheus was a Titan in Greek mythology. He is the son of Iapetus and Clymene. He created humans, originally made out of gold. He also stole fire from Zeus and gave it to humans. As punishment, Zeus had Prometheus chained to a mountain. Every day an eagle would come and eat his liver. Prometheus is immortal, so he never died, and his liver grew back every night. But he still felt great pain.

After a long time, Zeus sent his son Heracles to free Prometheus by breaking the chains which held him.

Aeschylus wrote a play about Prometheus.

Gallery[edit]

Prometheus by Gustave Moreau, (1868).
Prométhée enchaîné (Prometheus Bound) by Nicolas-Sébastien Adam, (1762). Prometheus chained to a rock having his liver torn out by the eagle.

Other websites[edit]

Theoi Text, Theogony
Theoi Text, Works and Days
Theoi Text, Prometheus Bound^{[permanent dead link]}
Theoi Mythology, Prometheus
Theoi Mythology, Pronoea
GML, Prometheus Archived 2012-05-26 at Archive.today
Encyclopedia Mythica, Prometheus Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
Messagenet, Prometheus Archived 2008-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
Prometheus, a poem by Noevel (French) Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
Prometheus, a poem by Byron Archived 2015-02-27 at the Wayback Machine

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