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Prometheus Brings Fire to Mankind, Heinrich Friedrich Füger, c. 1817. Prometheus brings fire to humanity, it having been hidden as revenge for the trick at Mecone. The trick at Mecone or Mekone (Mi-kon) was an event in Greek mythology first attested by Hesiod in which Prometheus tricked Zeus for humanity’s benefit, and thus incurred his wrath.
Prometheus (1774) was originally planned as a drama but never completed by Goethe, though the poem is inspired by it. Prometheus is the creative and rebellious spirit rejected by God and who angrily defies him and asserts himself. Ganymede, by direct contrast, is the boyish self who is both adored and seduced by God. As a high Romantic poet and ...
Sicyon has been traditionally identified with the mythical Mecone or Mekone, [17] [18] site of the trick at Mecone carried out by Prometheus. Mecone is also described by Callimachus as "the seat of the gods", and as the place where the brother deities Zeus , Poseidon and Hades cast lots for what part of the world each would rule.
In Greek mythology, Sicyon (/ ˈ s ɪ k iː oʊ n /; Ancient Greek: Σικυών) is the eponym of the polis of the same name, which was said to have previously been known as Aegiale [1] and, earlier, Mecone. [2]
However Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound (as mentioned above) does have Prometheus say that he was an ally of Zeus during the Titanomachy. [87] Apollo piercing with his arrows Tityos, who has tried to rape his mother Leto (c. 450–440 BC) The female Titans, to the extent that they are mentioned at all, appear also to have been allowed to remain ...
*The following story contains light spoilers for Alien: Romulus*. Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez has shed light on an overlooked link to Ridley Scott’s 2012 film Prometheus hidden within ...
Pages in category "Prometheus" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. ... Torture of Prometheus (Salvator Rosa) Trick at Mecone; V. Vellum (novel)
Torture of Prometheus is an oil painting by Salvator Rosa, an Italian Baroque painter active in Naples and Rome, executed c. 1646-1648. The scene depicts a story from Greek mythology, wherein Prometheus , one of the Titans , is punished by Zeus for having provided humanity with fire.