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Prometheus
[ pruh-mee-thee-uhs, -thyoos ]
noun
- a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
Prometheus
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noun
- Greek myth a Titan, who stole fire from Olympus to give to mankind and in punishment was chained to a rock, where an eagle tore at his liver until Hercules freed him
Prometheus
- In classical mythology , the Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans. As punishment for the theft, Zeus ordered Prometheus chained to a rock and sent a great eagle to gnaw at the Titan's liver . Despite his torment, Prometheus refused to submit to Zeus' will. He was eventually rescued by Hercules .
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This work involved the ill-fated Prometheus 2 satellites that were lost during a failed attempt to launch a satellite into space by Virgin Orbit in 2023.
Prometheus found himself chained to the side of a Scythian mountain for disobeying the gods, who believed their strength depended on keeping people in dumb and servile awe.
It was the state of the park and the Prometheus statue that struck Mero and her creative partner, known as Wild Life, Mero wrote on Instagram.
Zeus, who imagines Prometheus is somehow still his friend — “my only friend†— looks to him for company and comfort.
On one shelf is “American Prometheus,†the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.
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