Prometheus
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Prometheus (; ) is a Titan responsible for creating or aiding humanity in its earliest days. He defied the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and, more generally, civilization.
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Prometheus is a Titan from Greek mythology who is famous for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans, along with technology and knowledge. His actions defied the powerful Olympian gods but enabled humanity to develop civilization and progress beyond its earliest, most primitive state.
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Key facts
- Deity.deity_of
- Titan god of forethought
- Deity.father
- Iapetus
- Deity.mother
- Asia or Clymene
- Deity.siblings
- Atlas, Epimetheus, Menoetius
- Deity.image
- Prometheus and Atlas, Laconian black-figure kylix, by the Arkesilas Painter, 560-550 BC, inv. 16592 - Museo Gregoriano Etrusco - Vatican Museums - DSC01069.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Prometheus tortured by the eagle(black-figure kylix, 560-550 BC, Vatican Museums)
- Deity.type
- greek
- Deity.children
- Deucalion
- Deity.abode
- Mount Olympus
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33 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Myths and legends
- Possible sources
- Oldest legends
- Hesiod's ''Theogony'' and ''Works and Days''
- ''Theogony''
- ''Works and Days''
- Interpretation
- The Lost Titanomachy
- Athenian tradition
- Aeschylus and the ancient literary tradition
- Plato and philosophy
- Athenian religious dedication and observance
- Aesthetic tradition in Athenian art
- Other authors
- Late Roman antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Renaissance
- Post-Renaissance
- Post-Renaissance literary arts
- Goethe's poems
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- ''Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus''
- Twentieth century
- Post-Renaissance aesthetic tradition
- Visual arts
- Classical music, opera, and ballet
- Genealogy
- See also
- Footnotes
- Notes
- References
- External links
In Greek mythology, Prometheus (; ) is a Titan responsible for creating or aiding humanity in its earliest days. He defied the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and, more generally, civilization.
In some versions of the myth, Prometheus is also credited with the creation of humanity from clay. He is known for his intelligence and for being a champion of mankind and is also generally seen as the author of the human arts and sciences. He is sometimes presented as the father of Deucalion, the hero of the flood story.