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In Greek mythology, Prometheus (/ p r ə ˈ m iː θ i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, [promɛːtʰéu̯s], possibly meaning "forethought") [1] is a god of fire. [2] Prometheus is best known for defying the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and, more generally ...
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.
The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Chaos The Void
In Greek mythology, humans are created by the Titan Prometheus, who fashions them in the likeness of the gods. [1] While the Greek gods are immortal and unaffected by aging, the mortality of humans forces them to move through the stages of life, before reaching death. [ 2 ]
Of Deucalion's birth, the Argonautica [7] (from the 3rd century BC) stated: . There [in Achaea, i.e. Greece] is a land encircled by lofty mountains, rich in sheep and in pasture, where Prometheus, son of Iapetus, begat goodly Deucalion, who first founded cities and reared temples to the immortal gods, and first ruled over men.
[4] [5] [6] She married her uncle Iapetus and became by him the mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas and Menoetius. [7] Other authors relate the same of her sister Asia. [8] A less common genealogy makes Clymene the wife of Prometheus and the mother of Deucalion by him. [9] She may also be the Clymene referred to as the mother of Mnemosyne ...
In Greek mythology, Iapetus (/ aɪ ˈ æ p ɪ t ə s /; eye-AP-ih-təs; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἰαπετός, romanized: Iapetós), [2] also Japetus, is a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia [3] and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. He was also called the father of Buphagus [4] and Anchiale [5] in other sources.
In Classical mythology, Dolus (Latin: Dolus, lit. 'Deception, Guile, Deceit') [1] is a figure who appears in an Aesopic fable by the Roman fabulist Gaius Julius Phaedrus, where he is an apprentice of the Titan Prometheus.