Definition von prometheus im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft
in Greek mythology, one of the Titans (=the first gods who ruled the universe) . He stole fire from heaven to give to human beings, and as a result he was punished by Zeus by being kept in chains, and was finally set free by Hercules. In Greek religion, one of the Titans and a god of fire. He was a master craftsman and a supreme trickster, and he was sometimes associated with the creation of humans. According to legend, Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans. In vengeance, Zeus created Pandora, who married Prometheus's brother and set loose all the evils of the world. Another tale held that Zeus had Prometheus chained to a mountain and sent an eagle to devour his liver, which regenerated every night so that he could suffer the same torment the next day
The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft. Prometheus had three brothers- Epimetheus, Menoetios and Atlas
{i} Titan who stole fire from heaven for the benefit of mankind and was punished for this by the gods (Greek Mythology)
Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver
As a brother of Atlas, and son of the Titan IAPETOS and Oceanid CLYMENE, Prometheus stole the knowledge of "fire-making" from the heavens and taught mortal men how to use it For this crime, the gods punished him
(Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him
* Prometheus, in Greek mythology, was a Titan considered the savior to mankind He created humans in some stories and had stolen fire to give to men (women were not around at this point), although Robo (aka Prometheus) did not have anything to do with creation or fire However, they draw parallels in that they disobeyed authority to help humans Prometheus had angered Zeus when he had tricked the gods into getting the worst part of the sacrifices of goats, the fat and bones Robo had abandoned his original cause to destroy humans, even under pressures from Mother, to help out the humans, even though they were "inferior" to robots, like Zeus had sought to punish men and how humans were inferior to the Titans and the gods (Information from Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes) -- Crono & Dekar
The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven
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