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'''Prometheus''' was the wisest [[Titan]]. His name means "forethought" and he was able to foretell the future. according to [[Greek]] [[Mythology]], he was the son of [[Iapetus]], an old Titan and Clymene, a Nymph. Prometheus was the brother of Menoetius, [[Atlas]] and Epimetheus.
[[Image:Prometheus.jpg|200px|thumb|''The Creation of Man by Prometheus'' by Gustave Moreau.]]
'''Prometheus''' was the wisest [[Titan]]. His name means "forethought" and he was able to foretell the future. According to [[Greek]] [[Mythology]], he was the son of [[Iapetus]], an old Titan and Clymene, a Nymph. Prometheus was the brother of [[Menoetius (Titan)|Menoetius]], [[Atlas]] and [[Epimetheus]]. He is depicted as an intelligent figure who had sympathy for humanity.
[[File:Peter Paul Rubens Prometeo.jpg|thumb|left|''Chained Prometheus'' by [[Peter Paul Rubens]].]]
He fashioned mankind out of clay and when Zeus deprived them of fire he stole some fire from heaven, giving it to mortals for their use. For that, Zeus ordered him to be chained on top of the Caucasus and every day an eagle would come to eat his [[liver]] which would grow back each night. He is finally delivered from his torment by Heracles ([[Hercules]])
In literature he is the subject of works by:
*[[Aeschylus]] - "''Prometheus Bound''" (translated by [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]])
*[[Robert Southey]] - "''Prometheus the Firegiver''"; a poem.
*[[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] - "''Prometheus Unbound''"; a "lyrical drama" in 4 acts.
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== References ==
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* Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
* Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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==See also==
*[[Promethium]] (an element of the periodic table named after Prometheus)
[[category:Ancient Greece]][[Category:Greek Mythology ]]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]