The following is an outline of the legends related of him by the ancients. 68), and by Celaeno he was the father of Lycus and Chimareus (Tzetz. 1086), by Pyrrha or Clymene he begot Hellen (and according to some also Deucalion Schol. By Pandora, Hesione, or Axiothea, he is said to have been the father of Deucalion (Aesch. 18), or of Uranus and Clymene, or of the Titan Eurymedon and Hera (Potter, Comment. His name signifies "forethought," as that of his brother Epimetheus denotes "afterthought." Others call Prometheus a son of Themis (Aeschyl. 1087), by Clymene, so that he was a brother of Atlas, Menoetius, and Epimetheus (Hes. PROMETHEUS (Promêtheus), is sometimes called a Titan, though in reality he did not belong to the Titans, but was only a son of the Titan Iapetus (whence he is designated by the patronymic Iapetionidês, Hes. DEUKALION (Apollodorus 1.45, Ovid Metamorphoses 1.363) DEUKALION (by Pronoia) (Hesiod Catalogues Frag 1) Prometheus Bound 8 & 211 & 873) OFFSPRING 5.67.1, Ovid Metamorphoses 1.82, Valerius Flaccus 4.60, Oppian Halieutica 5.4) IAPETOS (Quintus Smyrnaeus 10.190, Diodorus Sic. IAPETOS & KLYMENE (Hesiod Theogony 507, Hesiod Works & Days 54, Hyginus Fabulae 142) Prometheus was loosely identified in cult and myth with the fire-god Hephaistos (Hephaestus) and the giant Tityos (Tityus). Generations later the great hero Herakles (Heracles) came along and released the old Titan from his torture. Prometheus meanwhile, was arrested and bound to a stake on Mount Kaukasos (Caucasus) where an eagle was set to feed upon his ever-regenerating liver (or, some say, heart). As punishment for these rebellious acts, Zeus ordered the creation of Pandora (the first woman) as a means to deliver misfortune into the house of man, or as a way to cheat mankind of the company of the good spirits. Then, when Zeus withheld fire, he stole it from heaven and delivered it to mortal kind hidden inside a fennel-stalk. Firstly he tricked the gods out of the best portion of the sacrificial feast, acquiring the meat for the feasting of man. His attempts to better the lives of his creation brought him into conflict with Zeus. PROMETHEUS was the Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel who was given the task of moulding mankind out of clay. Forethought ( pro-, mêtis) Prometheus bound, Laconian black-figure amphoriskos C6th B.C., Vatican City Museums
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