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In Greek mythology, Prometheus, or Prometheas ("forethought") is the Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from the gods in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use.
1 Worship
As a god of fire and craft, Prometheus had a small shrine in the Keramikon , or potter's quarter, of Athens, not far from Plato's Academy.
2 Myth
Prometheus was a son of Iapetus by Clymene (one of the Oceanids). He was a brother of Atlas, Menoetius, and EpimetheusIn Greek mythology, Epimetheus was the son of Iapetus and brother of Prometheus and Atlas; "Epimetheus" is Greek for "hindsight. He was responsible for giving a positive trait to every animal, but when it was time to give man a positive trait, there was n. He surpassed all in cunning and deceit. He held no awe for the gods, and he ridiculed ZeusZeus Kronios (descendant of Cronus), or simply Zeus or Zdeus ( Greek ) or Dias (Greek ) ("divine king") is the leader of the gods and god of the sky and thunder in Greek mythology. Etymology Zeus is the continuation of Dyeus, the supreme god in Indo-Europ and Zeus's lack of insight by killing two bulls, filling one bull skin with nothing but the animals' bones and the other with the animals' flesh. He then offered Zeus his choice of "bulls" for sacrifice. Zeus picked the bull made of bones, and Prometheus took the fruit of the flesh sacrifice for himself. To punish Prometheus for this hubrisHubris is exaggerated pride or self-confidence often resulting in retribution. Hubris in ancient times Hubris is a common theme in Greek tragedies and mythology, whose stories often featured protagonists suffering from hubris and subsequently being punish (and all of mankind in the process), Zeus took fire away from the earth. In turn, Prometheus set out to steal fire back. He climbed OlympusOlympus can refer to: Home of the gods in Greek mythology: see Mount Olympus Japanese optics company: see Olympus company An extinct volcano on Mars and the largest known mountain in the solar system: see Olympus Mons Loose confederation of individuals in with the help of AthenaThis article is about the goddess Athena. For other uses see Athena (disambiguation). Aegina Athena ( Phoenician Onga also transliterated as Athene the Greek goddess of wisdom, strategy, and war associated by the Romans with their Etruscan goddess Minerva and stole fire from the chariot of ApolloApollo ( Greek: , Apollon is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt). In later times he became in part confused or equated with Helios, god of the sun, and his sister similarly equated wi.
VulcanVulcan is the name of several different things, derived from the name of the Roman god of fire and volcanoes, who made weapons for the other gods. Vulcan (god), a god in Roman mythology Avro Vulcan, aircraft M61 Vulcan, gun Vulcan (planet), a hypothetical Chaining Prometheus, 1623: Dirck van Baburen of UtrechtUtrecht is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands. Population centres Haarzuilens (population: 500) The city of Utrecht (population: 244,000) Vleuten-De Meern (population: 26, brings to the myth the gritty realism of Caravaggio, as well as his theatrical lighting and perspective. ( Rijksmuseum)
To get revenge on Prometheus for this further offense, Zeus had Hephaestus ( Vulcan) make a woman made of clay named Pandora. Zeus brought her to life and sent her to Prometheus, along with a box of all the valuable presents she had received from the gods. Prometheus was suspicious and would have nothing to do with Pandora, claiming that she was foolish (lacking foresight), but he made Epimetheus marry her.
Zeus was further enraged by Prometheus's escape and had Prometheus carried to mount Caucasus, where a vulture or an eagle named Ethon would eat out his liver; it would grow back each day and the vulture would eat it again. This punishment was to last 30,000 years. About 30 years into the punishment, he was freed by Heracles and returned to Olympus. As the introducer of fire and inventor of sacrifice he is seen as the patron of human civilization. Uncertain sources claim he was worshipped in ancient Rome.
He was the father of Deucalion with Celaeno. Epimetheus, the husband of Pandora, is his brother.
