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Prometheus Brings Fire to Mankind, by Heinrich Füger, (1817). For other uses, see Prometheus (disambiguation) In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, "forethought")[1] is a Titan known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals for their use. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources, in which Prometheus is credited with (or blamed for) playing a pivotal role in the early history of humankind. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Heinrich Füger Heinrich Füger (1751-1818) was a German historical painter, born at Heilbronn, Württemberg. ... In Greek mythology, Prometheus, or Prometheas is the Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from the gods. ... The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. ... Beginning of Homers Odyssey The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage of the Greek language[1] as it existed during the Archaic (9th–6th centuries BC) and Classical (5th–4th centuries BC) periods in Ancient Greece. ... This article is about the race of Titans in Greek mythology. ... For other uses, see Fire (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ... Contents 1 Hesiod 2 Aeschylus 3 Other authors 4 Comparative Myths 4.1 The Creation of Man from Clay 4.2 The Theft of Fire 5 Prometheus in other arts 6 Worship 7 Promethean myth in modern culture 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links [edit] Hesiod Greek deities series Primordial deities Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Personified concepts Other deities Titans The Twelve Titans: Oceanus and Tethys, Hyperion and Theia, Coeus and Phoebe, Cronus and Rhea, Mnemosyne, Themis, Crius, Iapetus Children of Hyperion: Eos, Helios, Selene Daughters of Coeus: Leto and Asteria Sons of Iapetus: Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius Prometheus is an ancient African Titan. The Prometheus myth first appears in the Greek epic poet Hesiod's (ca. the late 8th - early 7th centuries BC) Theogony (lines 507-616). He was a son of the Titan Iapetus by Themis or Clymene, one of the Oceanids. As a son of Iapetus he was also a brother of Atlas, Menoetius and Epimetheus. In the Theogony, Hesiod introduces Prometheus as a lowly challenger to Zeus' omniscience and omnipotence. At a meal marking the "settling of accounts" between mortals and immortals, Prometheus plays a trick against Zeus (545-557). He places two sacrificial offerings before the Olympian: a selection of ox meat hidden inside an ox's stomach (nourishment hidden inside a displeasing exterior), and the ox's bones wrapped completley in "glistening fat" (something inedible hidden inside a pleasing exterior). Zeus chooses the latter, setting a precedent for future sacrifices; henceforth, humans would keep the meat for themselves and burn the bones wrapped in fat as an offering to the gods. This angers Zeus, who hides fire from humans in retribution. Prometheus, however, steals fire from Zeus and gives it back to humans for their use. This further enrages Zeus, who sends mortal man the first woman, presumably Pandora (590-93): "From her is the race of women and female kind: of her is the deadly race and tribe of women who live amongst mortal men to their great trouble, no helpmeets in hateful poverty, but only in wealth." Prometheus, meanwhile, is chained to a rock where his regenerating liver is eaten daily by a vulture. [2] Years later the Greek hero Heracles would shoot the vulture and free Prometheus from his chains.[3] The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. ... The ancient Greeks proposed many different ideas about the primordial gods in their mythology. ... The Twelve Olympians by Monsiau, circa late 18th century. ... The ancient Greeks had a very small number of see gods. ... For other uses, see Chthon (disambiguation). ... For the rock band, see Muse (band). ... Asclepius (Greek , transliterated AsklÄ“piós; Latin Aesculapius) is the demigod of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology. ... This article is about the race of Titans in Greek mythology. ... Oceanus, with his wife, Tethys, ruled the seas before Poseidon. ... In Greek mythology, Tethys was a Titaness and sea goddess who was both sister and wife of Oceanus. ... This article is about Hyperion, a Titan in Greek mythology. ... In Greek mythology, Theia (also written Thea or Thia), also called Euryphaessa (wide-shining), was a Titan. ... In Greek mythology, Coeus (also Koios) was the Titan of intelligence. ... Phoebe (pronunced fee-bee) was one of the original Titans, one set of sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia. ... Not to be confused with Chronos, the personification of time. ... Rhea (or Ria meaning she who flows) was the Titaness daughter of Uranus and of Gaia. ... Mnemosyne (Greek , IPA in RP and in General American) (sometimes confused with Mneme or compared with Memoria) was the personification of memory in Greek mythology. ... In Greek mythology, Hesiod mentions Themis among the six sons and six daughters—of whom Cronos was one—of Gaia and Ouranos, that is, of Earth with Sky. ... In Greek mythology, Crius was one of the Titans, a son of Uranus and Gaia. ... In Greek mythology Iapetus, or Iapetos, was a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father (by an Oceanid named Clymene or Asia) of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius and through Prometheus and Epimetheus and Atlas an ancestor of the human race. ... Eos, by Evelyn De Morgan (1850 - 1919), 1895 (Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC): for a Pre-Raphaelite painter, Eos was still the classical pagan equivalent of an angel Eos (dawn) was, in Greek Mythology, the Titan goddess of the dawn, who rose from her home at the edge of... For other uses, see Helios (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Greek goddess. ... For other uses, see Leto (disambiguation). ... Asteria in Greek mythology can refer to: // In Greek mythology, Asteria was the sixth Amazon killed by Heracles when he came for Hippolytes girdle. ... Lee Lawries colossal bronze Atlas, Rockefeller Center, New York For the Transformers character see King Atlas (Transformers). ... In Greek mythology, Epimetheus (hindsight, literally hind-thought) was the brother of Prometheus (foresight, literally fore-thought), a pair of Titans who acted as representatives of mankind (Kerenyi 1951, p 207). ... For other uses, see Menoetius. ... Roman bronze bust, the so-called Pseudo-Seneca, now identified by some as possibly Hesiod Hesiod (Hesiodos, ) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. Hesiod and Homer, with whom Hesiod is often paired, have been considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived... Theogony (Greek: Θεογονία, theogonia = the birth of God(s)) is a poem by Hesiod describing the origins and genealogies of the gods of the ancient Greeks, composed circa 700 BC. The title of the work comes from the Greek words for god and seed. // Hesiods Theogony is a large-scale... This article is about the race of Titans in Greek mythology. ... In Greek mythology Iapetus, or Iapetos, was a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father (by an Oceanid named Clymene or Asia) of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius and through Prometheus and Epimetheus and Atlas an ancestor of the human race. ... In Greek mythology, Hesiod mentions Themis among the six sons and six daughters—of whom Cronos was one—of Gaia and Ouranos, that is, of Earth with Sky. ... In Greek mythology, Clymene or Klymenê (famous might) is the name of at least six possibly distinct females. ... In Greek and Roman mythology, the Oceanids were the three thousand children of Oceanus and Tethys. ... Lee Lawries colossal bronze Atlas, Rockefeller Center, New York For the Transformers character see King Atlas (Transformers). ... For other uses, see Menoetius. ... In Greek mythology, Epimetheus (hindsight, literally hind-thought) was the brother of Prometheus (foresight, literally fore-thought), a pair of Titans who acted as representatives of mankind (Kerenyi 1951, p 207). ... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ... Prometheus Brings Fire to Mankind, Heinrich Friedrich Füger, c. ... Sacrifice is the practice of offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of propitiation or worship. ... For other uses, see Pandora (disambiguation) and Pandoras box (disambiguation). ... The liver is the largest internal organ in the human body, and is an organ present in vertebrates and some other animals. ... Alcides redirects here. ... Hesiod revisits the story of Prometheus in the Works and Days (lines 42-105). Here, the poet expands upon Zeus' reaction to the theft of fire. Not only does Zeus withhold fire from men, but "the means of life," as well (42). Had Prometheus not provoked Zeus' wrath (44-47), "you would easily do work enough in a day to supply you for a full year even without working; soon would you put away your rudder over the smoke, and the fields worked by ox and sturdy mule would run to waste." Hesiod also expands upon the Theogony's story of the first woman, now explicitly called Pandora. After Prometheus' theft of fire, Zeus sent Pandora to Prometheus' brother Epimetheus. Pandora carried a jar with her, from which she released (91-92) "evils, harsh pain and troublesome diseases which give men death."[4] The book Works and Days Works and Days (in ancient Greek , which sometimes goes by the Latin name Opera et Dies, as in the OCT) is a Greek poem of some 800 verses written by Hesiod (around 700 BC). ... Epimetheus may mean one of several things: Epimetheus the Titan. ... Prometheus is the one who fashions man from inert clay only to find his brother has used up the positive traits. Angelo Casanova[5] finds in Prometheus a reflection of an ancient, pre-Hesiodic trickster-figure, who served to account for the mixture of good and bad in human life, and whose fashioning of men from clay was an Eastern motif familiar in Enuma Elish; as an opponent of Zeus he was an analogue of the Titans, and like them was punished. As an advocate for humanity he gains semi-divine status at Athens, where the episode in Theogony where he is liberated[6] Casanova interprets as a post-Hesiodic interpolation.[7] For other uses, see Trickster (disambiguation). ... Enûma Elish is the creation epic of Babylonian mythology. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: it is patent nonsense. ... [edit] Aeschylus Perhaps the most famous treatment of the Prometheus myth can be found in the Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound -- traditionally (but uncertainly) attributed to the 5th-century BC Greek tragedian Aeschylus. The drama is likely the first play of the otherwise non-extant Prometheia trilogy. At the center of the drama are Prometheus' theft of fire and his subsequent punishment by Zeus; in this, Aeschylus' dependence on the Hesiodic source material is clear. The Prometheus Bound also includes, however, a number of changes to the received tradition. Some of these changes are rather minor. For instance, rather than being the son of Iapetus and Clymene -- and hence, Zeus' cousin -- Prometheus becomes the son of Gaea -- and Zeus' uncle. Also, the chorus makes a passing reference (561) to Prometheus' wife Hesione, whereas a fragment from Hesiod's Catalogue of Women calls her by the name of Pronoea.[8] Tragedy is one of the oldest forms of drama. ... Prometheus Bound is an Ancient Greek tragedy. ... This article is about the ancient Greek playwright. ... A trilogy of plays attributed to Aeschylus (there is some doubt on this subject) containing: Prometheus Bound, Prometheus Unbound, and Prometheus Pyrphoros. ... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ... Gaia, also spelled as Gaea, Gaïa, or Ge, can refer to any one of the following: Gaia is a Greek and Roman goddess, also known as the Earth Mother. ... In Greek mythology, the most prominent Hesione was a Trojan princess, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy, sister of Priam and second wife of King Telamon of Salamis. ... The Catalogue of Women (Greek: γυναικῶν κατάλογος, gynaikon katalogos) is an epic of ancient Greek literature. ... Other innovations are more substantial, before his theft of fire, Prometheus played a decisive role in the Titanomachy. In fact securing victory for Zeus and the other Olympians; Zeus' torture of Prometheus thus becomes a particularly harsh betrayal. The scope and character of Prometheus' transgressions against Zeus are also widened. In addition to giving humankind fire, Prometheus claims to have taught them the so-called arts of civilization such as writing, mathematics, agriculture, medicine, and science. The Titan's greatest benefaction for humankind seems to have been saving them from complete destruction. In an apparent twist on the myth of the so-called Five Ages of Man found in Hesiod's Works and Days (wherein Cronus and, later, Zeus created and destroyed five successive races of mortal men), Prometheus asserts that Zeus had wanted to obliterate the human race, but that he somehow stopped him. Moreover, Aeschylus anachronistically and artificially injects Io, another victim of Zeus' violence and ancestor of Heracles, into Prometheus' story. Finally, just as Aeschylus gave Prometheus a key role in bringing Zeus to power, he also attributed to him secret knowledge that could lead to Zeus' downfall: Prometheus had been told by his mother Gaea of a potential marriage that would produce a son who would overthrow Zeus. Fragmentary evidence indicates that Heracles, as in Hesiod, frees the Titan in the trilogy's second play, Prometheus Unbound. It is apparently not until Prometheus reveals this secret of Zeus' potential downfall that the two reconcile in the final play, Prometheus the Fire-Bringer. In Greek mythology, the Titanomachy, or War of the Titans (Greek: Τιτανομαχία), was the eleven-year series of battles fought between the two races of deities long before the existence of mankind: the Titans, fighting from Mount Othrys, and the Olympians, who would come to reign on Mount Olympus. ... The Ages of Man are the stages of human existence on the Earth according to Classical mythology. ... Look up Io, io in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... There are two plays named Prometheus Unbound. ... Prometheus the Fire-Bringer (Greek: Prometheus Pyrphoros) was likely the final play in the Prometheia trilogy traditionally ascribed to the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. ... Prometheus Bound also includes two mythic innovations of omission. The first is the absence of Pandora's story in connection with Prometheus' own. Instead, Aeschylus includes this one oblique allusion to Pandora and her jar that contained Hope (252): "[Prometheus] caused blind hopes to live in the hearts of men." Second, Aeschylus makes no mention of the sacrifice-trick played against Zeus in the Theogony.[9] For other uses, see Pandora (disambiguation) and Pandoras box (disambiguation). ... Most of these innovations are reflective of the play's thematic reversal of the Hesiodic Myth. In Hesiod, the story of Prometheus (and, by extension, of Pandora) serves to reinforce the theodicy of Zeus: he is a wise and just ruler of the universe, while Prometheus is to blame for humanity's unenviable existence. In Prometheus Bound, this dynamic is transposed: Prometheus becomes the benefactor of humanity, while every character in the drama (except for Hermes, a virtual stand-in for Zeus) decries the Olympian as a cruel, vicious tyrant. Theodicy (IPA: ) (adjectival form theodicean) is a specific branch of theology and philosophy that attempts to reconcile the existence of evil or suffering in the world with the belief in an omniscient, omnipotent, and benevolent God, i. ... [edit] Other authors Some two dozen other Greek and Roman authors would retell and further embellish the Prometheus myth into the 4th century AD. The most significant detail added to the myth -- found in, e.g., Sappho, Plato, Aesop and Ovid -- was the central role of Prometheus in the creation of the human race. According to these sources, Prometheus fashioned humans out of clay. In his dialogue Protagoras, Plato asserts that the gods created humans and all the other animals, but it was left to Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus to give defining attributes to each. As no physical traits were left when the pair came to humans, Prometheus decided to give them fire and other civilizing arts.[10] For other uses, see Sappho (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Plato (disambiguation). ... Nofootnotes|date=February 2008}} Aesop, as conceived by Diego Velázquez Aesop, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel in 1493. ... For other uses, see Ovid (disambiguation). ... Protagoras (in Greek Πρωταγόρας) was born around 481 BC in Abdera, Thrace in Ancient Greece. ... Although perhaps made explicit in the Prometheia, later authors such as Hyginus, Apollodorus, and Quintus of Smyrna would confirm that Prometheus warned Zeus not to marry the sea nymph Thetis. She is consequently married off to the mortal Peleus, and bears him a son greater than the father -- Achilles, Greek hero of the Trojan War. Apollodorus moreover clarifies for us a cryptic statement (1026-29) made by Hermes in Prometheus Bound, identifying the centaur Cheiron as the one who would take on Prometheus' suffering and die in his place.[10] Hyginus can refer to: Gaius Julius Hyginus (c. ... Apollodorus was a common name in ancient Greece. ... Quintus Smyrnaeus, Greek epic poet, probably flourished in the latter part of the 4th century AD. He is sometimes called Quintus Calaber, because the only manuscript of his poem was discovered at Otranto in Calabria by Cardinal Bessarion in 1450. ... This article is about the Greek sea nymph. ... Peleus consigns Achilles to Chirons care, white-ground lekythos by the Edinburgh Painter, ca. ... For other uses, see Achilles (disambiguation). ... The fall of Troy, by Johann Georg Trautmann (1713–1769). ... In astronomy, 2060 Chiron is an object discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal. ... Reflecting a myth attested in Greek vase paintings from the Classical period, Apollodorus places the Titan (armed with an axe) at the birth of Athena, thus explaining how the goddess sprang forth from the forehead of Zeus.[10] This is the Greek name of the capital of the Hellenic Republic (Greece). ... Other minor details attached to the myth, such as: the origin of the eagle that ate the Titan's liver (found in Apollodorus and Hyginus); myths surrounding the life of Prometheus' son, Deucalion (found in Ovid and Apollonius of Rhodes); and Prometheus' marginal role in the myth of Jason and the Argonauts (found in Apollonius of Rhodes and Valerius Flaccus).[10] Deucalion In Greek mythology, Deucalion, or Deukálion (new-wine sailor) was the name of at least two figures: a son of Prometheus, and a son of Minos. ... Apollonius of Rhodes, also known as Apollonius Rhodius (Latin; Greek Apollōnios Rhodios), early 3rd century BC - after 246 BC, was an epic poet, scholar, and director of the Library of Alexandria. ... Jason and the Argonauts may refer to: the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts Jason and the Argonauts (film), a 1963 film with animation by Ray Harryhausen Jason and the Argonauts (TV movie), a TV movie made in 2000 This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated... Gaius Valerius Flaccus (late 1st century AD) was a Roman poet, who flourished under the emperors Vespasian and Titus. ... On a more humorous note, Aesop claims that the existence of homosexuality stems from Prometheus' getting drunk while creating the first humans.[citation needed] Nofootnotes|date=February 2008}} Aesop, as conceived by Diego Velázquez Aesop, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel in 1493. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... [edit] Comparative Myths The two most prominent aspects of the Prometheus myth – the creation of man from clay and the theft of fire – have found their expression in numerous cultures throughout history and around the world: [edit] The Creation of Man from Clay In the Babylonian creation epic Enuma Elish, the god Enki created humans from clay. According to the Hebrews (Genesis 2:7), God made Adam from dust of the ground. In Africa, the [[Yoruba The Hopi attributed the creation of humans to Spider Woman. Enûma Elish is the creation epic of Babylonian mythology. ... Enki (DEN.KI(G)) was a deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in Babylonian mythology, originally chief god of the city of Eridu. ... This article is about the Hebrew people. ... For other uses, see Genesis (disambiguation). ... Moki redirects here. ... In native american religions and myths, Spider Grandmother is creator of the world. ... [edit] The Theft of Fire According to the Rig Veda (3:9.5), the hero Mātariśvan recovered fire, which had been hidden from mankind. In Cherokee myth, after Possum and Buzzard had failed to steal fire, Grandmother Spider used her web to sneak into the land of light. She stole fire, hiding it in a clay pot.[11] Among various Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest, fire was stolen and given to humans by Coyote, Beaver or Dog.[12] According to the Creek Indians, Rabbit stole fire from the Weasels.[13] In Algonquin myth, Rabbit stole fire from an old man and his two daughters.[14] In Ojibwa myth, Nanabozho the hare stole fire and gave it to humans. In Polynesian myth, Māui stole fire from the Mudhens.[15] The Rig Veda ऋग्वेद (Sanskrit ṛc praise + veda knowledge) is the earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas. ... This page contains special characters. ... This article is about the Native American tribe. ... This article is about the native North American people. ... Nanabozho (also known as Manabush, Nanabozo, Winabozho, Wenabozho) is a spirit in Chippewa mythology. ... Polynesian is an adjectival form which refers variously to: Polynesian pie Polynesian sauce, a food condiment available at Chick-fil-A the aboriginal inhabitants of Polynesia, and their: Polynesian culture Polynesian mythology Polynesian languages Category: ... In Māori mythology, Māui is a culture hero, famous for his exploits and his trickery. ... [edit] Prometheus in other arts Prometheus' torment by the eagle and his rescue by Heracles were popular subjects in vase paintings of the 6th-4th c. BC. He also sometimes appears in depictions of Athena's birth from Zeus' forehead. There was a relief sculpture of Prometheus with Pandora on the base of Athena's cult statue in the Athenian Parthenon of the 5th century BC. For other uses, see Parthenon (disambiguation). ... Prométhée enchaîné (Prometheus Bound) by Nicolas-Sébastien Adam, (1762) Image File history File links Size of this preview: 451 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1560 × 2072 pixel, file size: 1. ... Prometheus chained to a rock having his liver torn out by the eagle. Prometheus by Gustave Moreau, (1868). Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1576x2656, 354 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Prometheus ... Self portrait of Gustav Moreau, 1850 Gustave Moreau (April 6, 1826 – April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. ... Prometheus Bound by Rizal RizalPrometheusBound.jpg Prometheus Bound, by Jose Rizal, (1889). Prometheus Bound, by Scott Eaton, (2006). Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 455 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (471 × 620 pixel, file size: 56 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image of the digital sculpture Prometheus Bound by artist Scott Eaton. ... [edit] Worship Prometheus had a small shrine in the Kerameikos, or potter's quarter, of Athens, not far from the Academy. The Academy had its own altar dedicated to Prometheus. According to the 2nd-century AD Greek traveler Pausanias, this site was central to a torch race dedicated to Prometheus. The Kerameikos is the name of the deme or part of Athens to the northwest of the Acropolis and includes an extensive area both within and outside of the city walls. ... The History of Athens is one of the longest of any city in Europe and in the world. ... For other uses, see Academy (disambiguation). ... Pausanias is the name of several ancient people: Pausanias was a Spartan general of the 5th century BC. Pausanias of Sparta was King of Sparta from 409 BC-395 BC. Pausanias was the servant/lover who assassinated Philip II of Macedon in 336 BC Pausanias, Greek traveller and geographer of... Pausanias also wrote that the Greek cities of Argos and Opous both claimed to be Prometheus' final resting place, each erecting a tomb in his honor. This article is about the city in Greece. ... Finally, Pausanias attested that in the Greek city of Panopeus there was a cult statue claimed by some to depict Prometheus, for having created the human race there.[10] In Greek mythology, Panopeus was a son of Phocus and father of Epeus. ... [edit] Promethean myth in modern culture Sculpture of Prometheus in front of the GE Building at the Rockefeller Center (New York City, New York, USA). The mythic Prometheus is the lyrical I of the poem "Prometheus" by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, in which the character addresses God (as Zeus) in misotheist accusation and defiance. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 6. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 6. ... Sculptor redirects here. ... GE Building at Rockefeller Center The GE Building at night Close-up against the night sky At night, from the ground View from Top of the Rock at dusk The GE Building is a slim gothic skyscraper and the focal point at the Rockefeller Center. ... Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st Streets in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Prometheus (Goethe) Bedecke deinen Himmel, Zeus, Mit Wolkendunst Und übe, dem Knaben gleich, Der Diesteln köpft, An Eichen dich und Bergeshöhn! Mußt mir meine Erde Doch lassen stehn Und meine Hütte, Die du nicht gebaut, Und meinen Herd... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ... The cloned horse Prometea, and Prometheus, a moon of Saturn, are named after this Titan, as is the asteroid 1809 Prometheus. The story of Prometheus has inspired many authors through the ages, and the Romantics saw Prometheus as a prototype of the natural daemon or genius. For the cloning of human beings, see human cloning. ... Prometea (born May 28, 2003) is a Haflinger foal, the first cloned horse and the first to be born from and carried by its cloning mother. ... Prometheus (proe-mee-thee-us, Greek Προμηθέας) is a moon of Saturn. ... A natural satellite or moon is a celestial body that orbits a planet or smaller body, which is called the primary. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 140 kPa Hydrogen >93% Helium >5% Methane 0. ... For other uses, see Asteroid (disambiguation). ... 1809 Prometheus is an asteroid that shares the name of one of the lesser-known Saturnian moons, Prometheus. ... Romantics redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In Roman mythology, every man had a genius and every woman a juno (Juno was also the name for the queen of the gods). ... The name of the sixty-first element, promethium, is derived from Prometheus. General Name, Symbol, Number promethium, Pm, 61 Chemical series lanthanides Group, Period, Block n/a, 6, f Appearance metallic Atomic mass [145](0) g/mol Electron configuration [Xe] 4f5 6s2 Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 23, 8, 2 Physical properties Phase solid Density (near r. ... Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein is subtitled "The Modern Prometheus". This is a reference to the novel's themes of the over-reaching of modern man into dangerous areas of knowledge. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin) (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English romantic/gothic novelist and the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... Year 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the 1818 novel. ... In Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, John Galt is compared to Prometheus: "John Galt is Prometheus who changed his mind. After centuries of being torn by vultures in payment for having brought to men the fire of the gods, he broke his chains--and he withdrew his fire--until the day men withdraw their vultures." For the film, see Atlas Shrugged (film). ... Percy Bysshe Shelley's Prometheus Unbound rewrites the lost play of Aeschylus so that Prometheus does not submit to Zeus (Shelley's Jupiter), but supplants him instead in a triumph of the human heart and intellect over tyrannical religion. Lord Byron's poem "Prometheus" also portrays the titan as unrepentant. For the Romantics, Prometheus was the rebel who resisted all forms of institutional tyranny epitomized by Zeus -- church, monarch, and patriarch. They drew comparisons between Prometheus and the spirit of the French Revolution, Christ, Milton's Satan, and the divinely inspired poet or artist.[citation needed] Prometheus is a minor character in the novel The Big Over Easy, where he is a lodger in the home of the protagonist, Jack Spratt. Prometheus later marries Spratt's daughter Pandora, despite the 4,000 year difference in their ages. The Big Over Easy is a novel written by Jasper Fforde and published in 2005. ... Jack Spratt is the protagonist in a series of novels by Jasper Fforde. ... In Ayn Rand's Anthem, the main character changes his name to Prometheus after being condemned for inventing the light bulb. Anthem is a dystopian, science-fiction novella by philosopher Ayn Rand, first published in 1938. ... In the game Age of Mythology, Titans Expansion, Prometheus is a near Indestructible Titan, whom the Heros will have to face and kill so as to save humanity from destruction. In the game, he is seen in two different levels. In Diana Wynne Jones's fantasy novel, The Homeward Bounders, Prometheus, as a character, plays a significant role. Diana Wynne Jones (born London August 16, 1934) is a British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults, as well as a small amount of non-fiction. ... The Homeward Bounders is a fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones with the chilling premise that there is a vast series of parallel universes, all of which serve as the game-boards for a race of demons that delight in war-games and fantasy-games. ... Prometheus Books, a publishing company for scientific, educational, and popular books, especially those relating to secular humanism or scientific skepticism, takes its name from the myth. Prometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by Paul Kurtz and publishes scientific, educational, and popular books, especially those of a secular humanist or scientific skepticism nature. ... Bristol England's The Pop Group included studio and live versions of a song called "Thief of Fire," on two of their albums. The Pop Group was a post-punk band from Bristol, England whose uncompromising, dissonant sound spanned punk, free jazz, funk and dub reggae. ... In the 2006 film Superman Returns, Lex Luthor mentions Prometheus and the theft of fire when explaining his plan to Kitty. For the video game of the same name, see Superman Returns (video game). ... Lex Luthor is a fictional DC Comics supervillain and the archenemy of the superhero Superman. ... The metal band Emperor recorded an album inspired by the story of Prometheus entitled Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise. Heavy metal redirects here. ... Emperor is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. ... In the television series Stargate SG-1, the first battle cruiser built with technology taken from aliens was called Prometheus. Stargate SG-1 (often abbreviated as SG-1) is a science fiction television series, part of the Stargate franchise. ... Stargate SG-1 in which this ship first appears, see Prometheus. ... In the television series Star Trek: Voyager, a Federation starship called Prometheus is stolen by Romulans. In rap group Jedi Mind Tricks's song "I Against I" rapper Jus Allah rhymes "Beast deceiving us ways devious possessing my peeps to walk the streets with stolen heat like Prometheus." For the concept in Star Wars, see Jedi mind trick. ... Jus Allah (born James Bostick) is a New Jersey rapper who made his debut on Jedi Mind Tricks second album Violent by Design in 2000. ... In the play A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry, one of the characters says to the other, "Good night, Prometheus" (88). [edit] Notes ^ The derivation of Prometheus' name from the Greek pro (before) + manthano (learn) is actually a folk etymology. In truth, the name comes from the same PIE word that produces the Vedic pra math, which means "to steal." This verb produces pramathyu-s, "thief", whence "Prometheus." The Vedic myth of fire's theft by Mataricvan is an analog to the account found in Greek myth. To these etymological cognates we may add pramantha, the tool used to create fire. Thus Fortson 2004, 27; Williamson 2004, 214-15. ^ It is interesting to note that the liver is one of the rare human organs to regenerate itself spontaneously in the case of lesion. The ancient Greeks seem to have been aware of this, since the Greek word for the liver -- hêpar -- apparently derives from the verb hêpaomai, which means: mend, repair. Hence hêpar roughly translates as, "repairable." ^ HESIOD, THEOGONY ^ Hesiod, WORKS AND DAYS Translation By H. G. Evelyn-White ^ Casanova, La famiglia di Pandora: analisi filologica dei miti di Pandora e Prometeo nella tradizione esiodea (Florence) 1979. ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 526-33. ^ In this Casanova is joined by some editors of Theogony. ^ Pronoia ^ AESCHYLUS, PROMETHEUS BOUND ^ a b c d e PROMETHEUS ^ Erdoes/Ortiz 1984. ^ Judson 1912. ^ Swanton 1929. ^ Alexander 1916. ^ Westervelt 1910, Ch. 5. Folk etymology is a term used in two distinct ways: A commonly held misunderstanding of the origin of a particular word, a false etymology. ... This article is about the baked good, for other uses see Pie (disambiguation). ... Skin lesions caused by Chickenpox A lesion is any abnormal tissue found on or in an organism, usually damaged by disease or trauma. ... [edit] References Alexander, Hartley Burr. The Mythology of All Races. Vol 10: North American. Boston, 1916. Erdoes, Richard and Alfonso Ortiz, edds. American Indian Myths and Legends. New York, 1984. Fortson, Benjamin. Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction. Blackwell Publishing, 2004. Judson, Katharine B. Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest. Chicago, 1912. Swanton, John. "Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians." Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 88: 1929. Westervelt, W.D. Legends of Maui – a Demigod of Polynesia, and of His Mother Hina. Honolulu, 1910. Williamson, George S. The Longing for Myth in Germany: Religion and Aesthetic Culture from Romanticism to Nietzsche (Chicago, 2004). [edit] External links Look up Prometheus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Prometheus Theoi Text, Theogony Theoi Text, Works and Days Theoi Text, Prometheus Bound Theoi Mythology, Prometheus Theoi Mythology, Pronoea GML, Prometheus Encyclopedia Mythica, Prometheus Messagenet, Prometheus Prometheus, a poem by Noevel (French) Prometheus, a poem by Byron Categories: Greek gods | Greek mythology | Fire gods | Titans | Wisdom gods | Rockefeller Center | Classical oracles | Culture heroes Hidden categories: All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements since February 2008 | Articles with unsourced statements since January 2008 Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ...

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