PROMETHEUS
Prometheus (Προμηθεύς)
titanforethought · fire · craft · champion of mankind
In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan responsible for creating or aiding humanity in its earliest days. He defied the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and, more generally, civilization.
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AT A GLANCE
Greek namePrometheus (Προμηθεύς)
Typetitan
Domainsforethought · fire · craft · champion of mankind
EpithetsPyrphoros · Desmotes
ParentageIapetus · Clymene · Asiatellings differ →
Symbolsfire · fennel stalk (narthex) · chains
Cult centersAthens (altar in the Academy; torch races of the Promethia)
EtymologyRead by the Greeks as "fore-thinker", paired with his brother Epimetheus, the "after-thinker".
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