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In Greekmythology, Prometheus was the creator of mankind. He was one of the Titans. He stole fire from the godsand gave it to mankind, and was severely punished for it.
Prometheuswas the son of Iapetus who was one of the Titans. The goddess Athena taughthim architecture, astronomy, mathematics, navigation, medicine, and metallurgy,and he in turn taught them to humans. Zeus, the chief of the Greek gods, becameangry at Prometheus for making people powerful by teaching them all theseuseful skills.
When thegods chose Prometheus as arbiter in a dispute, he fooled the gullible Zeus intopicking the worst parts of the sacrificial bull by hiding them under a richlayer of fat. To punish Prometheus, Zeus withheld FIRE from men. "Let themeat their flesh raw," he declared. In response, Prometheus, snuck up toMount Olympus, lit a torch from the sun, and hid a burning piece of charcoal ina hollow stalk. He slipped away with it and thus delivered fire to mankind.
Zeus wantedto revenge him, so he tried unsuccessfully to trick Prometheus' brother,Epimetheus, into accepting the beautiful but mischievous Pandora as a gift.Epimetheus, mindful of earlier advice from his brother, refused. Zeus got evenmadder now that his trick had failed, so he had Prometheus chained naked to apillar in the Caucasian mountains. A griffon-vulture ate at Prometheus' liverall day long. During the bitter cold of the mountain night, the liver becamewhole again. So the punishment was endless, until Heracles (Hercules) finally killed the bird.
Prometheusis known to be one of the most interesting characters in Greek Mythology.
