This son of a Titan is regarded as one of the great benefactors of humankind, the bringer of fire and the original teacher of technology and the useful arts to man. The great love he had for humans often brought Prometheus into a dangerous conflict with Zeus, the mighty and cruel chief of the Olympian gods.
Prometheus was a second-generation Titan, one of the Greek gods, who was known for swindling his cousin Zeus to help humankind. In the Greek religion, he was also known as the Greek god of fire. He was the son of Iapetus and Clymene (or Themis), and his brothers were Epimetheus, Atlas, and Menoetius.
Prometheus is punished for loving humankind. He stole fire to thwart Zeus' plans to eliminate humanity and create a new subordinate species. He is a benefactor who sacrifices himself for our good. His punishment is an indicator not of the dangers of fire but of the tyranny of Zeus.
In Greek mythology, Prometheus is one of the Titans, the supreme trickster, and a god of fire. In common belief, he developed into a master craftsman, and in this connection, he was associated with fire and the creation of mortals.
So Prometheus decided to make man stand upright as the gods did and to give them fire. Prometheus loved man more then the Olympians, who had banished most of his family to Tartarus.
The punishment of Prometheus for stealing fire from Olympus and giving it to humans is a subject of both ancient and modern culture. Zeus, king of the Olympian gods, condemned Prometheus to eternal torment for his transgression.
According to this account, Prometheus tricks Zeus into accepting an inferior sacrifice from mortal men. This sacrifice sets the precedent that men could keep the meat of sacrificed animals and only leave the bones and fat for the gods. Zeus is enraged by Prometheus' antics, and he retaliates by robbing humans of fire.
Zeus was outraged by Prometheus' theft of fire and so gave the Titan an eternal punishment by having him taken far to the east, perhaps the Caucasus. Here Prometheus was chained to a rock (or pillar) and Zeus sent an eagle to eat the Titan's immortal liver.
Enraged at Prometheus stealing fire and giving it humans, Zeus chained him on a mountain and laid this curse upon him which caused Prometheus to die every day, get his liver eaten and resurrect the next day to continue the cycle.
He ordered Prometheus chained to a rock as punishment for stealing his lightning bolt, and for going behind his back to help the humans. To make Prometheus even more miserable, Zeus sent storms to beat angry waves against Prometheus, helplessly chained to his rock.
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Meet Perseus, a demigod of Greek mythology who was famous for killing Medusa by cutting off her head, which he displays in one hand. Medusa had live, hissing snakes for hair, and anyone who looked at her face instantly turned to stone.
Although Zeus's power is at times challenged in the myths, such as when his wife Hera leads a rebellion to unseat him that is ultimately unsuccessful, as a god, Zeus is immortal and cannot be killed.
This son of a Titan is regarded as one of the great benefactors of humankind, the bringer of fire and the original teacher of technology and the useful arts to man. The great love he had for humans often brought Prometheus into a dangerous conflict with Zeus, the mighty and cruel chief of the Olympian gods.
With his sister Rhea, another Titan, Cronus had many children, including the goddesses Hestia, Demeter, and Hera and the gods Hades and Poseidon. To prevent his father's prophecy from coming true, Cronus swallowed all his offspring at birth.
After courting her unsuccessfully he changed himself into a disheveled cuckoo. When Hera took pity on the bird and held it to her breast, Zeus resumed his true form and ravished her. Hera then decided to marry him to cover her shame, and the two had a resplendent wedding worthy of the gods.
One son of Titans, Prometheus, did not fight with fellow Titans against Zeus and was spared imprisonment; he was given the task of creating man. Prometheus shaped man out of mud, and Athena breathed life into the clay figure. Prometheus made man stand upright as the gods did and gave him fire.
According to the 6th century BC mythographer Acusilaus, Hesione (/hɪˈsaɪ. əniː/; Ancient Greek: Ἡσιονη) was the daughter of Oceanus, the wife of Prometheus and the mother of Deucalion.
PROMETHEUS was the Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel who was given the task of moulding mankind out of clay. His attempts to better the lives of his creation brought him into conflict with Zeus.
Prometheus spent many years living out that torturous existence, until a young hero named Heracles (Hercules) happened across him. As part of his Eleventh Labour, Heracles killed the eagle and Prometheus – creator and champion of mortals, bringer of fire – was freed at last.
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When Zeus looked down and saw the fires flickering, he was furious. He understood Prometheus had betrayed him. But when he breathed in the smells of those sacrifices, he calmed down. He liked this notion of a sacrifice to him, the all-powerful god.
Prometheus was punished by Zeus because he stole fire to give back to mankind. He was chained to a rock in the Caucasus Mountains, and every day an eagle came and ate part of his liver.
Briareus, of a hundred hands, was summoned by Thetis to untie the 100 knots of the rope with which Hera had bound Zeus. Hera, herself was bound to a golden chair by son Hephaestus, and Pausanias, 2nd AD traveller, tells us of a painting he saw in an old 5th century BC temple in Athens depicting this myth.
