What is Prometheus?
[[Image:Rubens - Prometheus Bound.jpg|thumb|Chained Prometheus, [[Peter Paul Rubens]], 1611-1612]] '''Prometheus''' is a [[Titan (mythology)|Titan]] in [[Greek mythology]]. He is the son of [[Iapetus]] and [[:en:Asia_(mythology)|Clymene]]. He created humans, originally made out of gold. He also stole [[fire]] from [[Zeus]] and gave it to [[human]]s. As [[punishment]], Zeus had Prometheus [[chain]]ed to a [[mountain]]. Every [[day]] an [[eagle]] (symbol of Zeus) 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== <gallery> Image:Gustave Moreau 006.jpg|''Prometheus'' by [[Gustave Moreau]], (1868). Image:Prometheus Adam Louvre MR1745 edit.jpg|''Prométhée enchaîné'' (''Prometheus Bound'') by Nicolas-Sébastien Adam, (1762). Prometheus chained to a rock having his liver torn out by the eagle. </gallery> == Other websites == {{wiktionary|Prometheus}} {{Commonscat|Prometheus}} * [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodTheogony.html Theoi Text, ''Theogony''] * [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodWorksDays.html Theoi Text, ''Works and Days''] * [http://www.theoi.com/Text/AeschylusPrometheusBound.html Theoi Text, ''Prometheus Bound'']{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanPrometheus.html Theoi Mythology, Prometheus] * [http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NymphePronoia.html Theoi Mythology, Pronoea] * [http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Prometheus1.html GML, Prometheus] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120526225933/homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Prometheus1.html |date=2012-05-26 }} * [http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/prometheus.html Encyclopedia Mythica, Prometheus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120203112/http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/prometheus.html |date=2008-01-20 }} * [h