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Prometheus

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.

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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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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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Image: Prometheus Adam Louvre MR1745 edit atoma.jpg

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Commons category: Prometheus
name in native language: Προμηθεύς

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Contents

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 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.