Tell Me everything that you know about Prometheus,mythology.?

Answer 1

According to Hesiod's Theogony, Prometheus and his brother Epimethius were the sons of the titans Iapetus and Asie (or Clymene). Although there seems to be some inconsistency about who the mother actually was, Asia, Asie, Pronoia, or Clymene. Some say Asie and Clymene were the same person.

["Asia [was named] after the wife of Prometheus; yet the Lydians claim a share in the latter name, saying that Asia was not named after Prometheus' wife Asia, but after Asies, the son of Kotys, who was the son of Manes, and that from him the Asiad clan at Sardis also takes its name." - Herodotus, Histories]

["Iapetus took Klymene, the light-stepping daughter of Okeanos, to be his wife ..." - Hesiod, Theogony]

[""The unhappy mother [Asia] of Prometheus." - Lycophron, Alexandra 1282]

... and so on. In any case, the Clymene who married Iapetus is not the same as the Klymene who loved Helios.

Clymene and Iapetus were the parents of Prometheus (forethought), Epimethius (afterthought), Menoittius (violent Anger), and Atlas (endurance).

The message of Prometheus's character seems to be one of careful planning, and independent thought, and tenacity. When confronted with a problem, he applied his own logic and ideals to solving it -- then made it happen. He was more interested in results than rules. Even though his independence and willingness to stand up to authority brought him punishment in the short run, in the long run his strength of character brought him his redemption.

Prometheus is mainly known for assisting in the creation of manking, and also giving them fire.

The story varies depending on who you roll with: in some stories [Hyginus, Astronomica], Zeus took fire from mankind after a dispute and Prometheus brought it back. But in most, [Hesiod, Diodorus,Aeschylus] it was Prometheus who brought men fire to begin with.

The Hyginus story seems more linear: at first, Prometheus helped men decieve Zeus into taking the worst parts of the animals as the sacrifical share. In anger, Zeus took fire away from mankind. Prometheus stole it back by hiding it in a fennel stalk.

In the other stories, Prometheus and his brother Epimethius were charged with endowing the animals and men. But unwise Epimetheus gave everything to the animals and had nothing left to give to man. So Prometheus stole fire and gave it to him, rather than leave men with nothing.

Either way, Prometheus's punishment for this was to be chained to a rock, where an eagle would tear his liver by day, but he would heal overnight so he could endure the torture again the next day. In addition, Zeus vented his anger on mankind by sending Pandora and loosing evils on the world.

Prometheus eventually gained his release. Later, Zeus wanted to marry Thetis. But Prometheus knew that Thetis would bear him a som who would surpass him, in the same way Zeus himself had overthrown Cronos. In exchange for his release, Prometheus warned Zeus and prevented the marriage.

Other fun facts about Prometheus:
1. The blood that dripped from his body was made by Hecate into a potion that would make a man invincible.
2. After the creation of men, he created Veritas (Truth) to regulate their behavior. But he was called away in the middle of making her, and his apprentice Dolous (Trickery) used the opportunity to fasion a statue exactly like her which he named Mendacium (Lies). But Dolus ran out of clay before he made her feet. Prometheus, impressed, decided to fire both sculptures anyway, which is why Truth stands on its own, but Falsehood is unsteady.
3. Prometheus was the father of Deucalion, the central charater of the one of the first stoes in which the gods used a flood to exterminate man except for a sole survivior who was charged with repopulating the world. The story is similar to the story of Unapashtim in the epic of Gilgamesh, the first story of its type. This is the story that was later assimilated by Christianity to become the story of Noah.

Answer 2

Prometheus was a Titan. The Titans were the beings that were around before the Greek Gods...allegedly. It was Prometheus that stole fire from the Gods and gave it to man. For his punishment, he was chained to a mountain and every day, an eagle would come, tear open his stomach, and devour his liver. This of course, caused him to die, but he would be reborn every day to go through the torment again.

Answer 3

Prometheus was a Titan who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to mortals. This angered Zeus and decided to punish Prometheus. Zeus then chained Prometheus to a cliff and sent an eagle to pick out and eat Prometheus' liver for all eternity for he couldn't die.

Answer 4

It's a spaceship on Stargate SG-1.