Prometheus
The champion Titan of humanity
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Prometheus was one of the elder gods overthrown
by Zeus and his fellow Olympians and managed to save his twin brother and
himself of the hideous punishment his other brothers Atlas and Menoetius had received
by convincing his mother to side with Zeus during the war between the titans
and Olympians.
As he was known for his wisdom he was given the
task to create life on earth to end the
gods boredom, so he and his brother Epimetheus had created all of the animals
out of clay and had given them there survival techniques, all apart from the
humans, eventually Zeus gave the humans fire, as to survive but as a thanks for
this gift, they had to sacrifice the majority of their meat to the gods, but Prometheus
tricked Zeus and made the humans sacrifice the unimportant parts of the meat,
such as the bones, fat and skin. Once Zeus found out, he took back his gift of
fire and left the humans to die, but Prometheus had grown affectionate towards to the
humans and stole fire from Zeus and gave it back to men. As punishment, Zeus
ordered Hephaestus the blacksmith god to forge adamantine* chains and bound Prometheus,
naked to the top of the Caucasian mountains, where he could not escape, the
final part of his punishment was that everyday a gargantuan eagle would rip
open his stomach and eat his liver, as he is an immortal the wound would heal
overnight and the bird would return the feast again.
the image of Prometheus is a popular one, and one I find interesting. so I used an image of a statue, copied the face and added it to a collage of different interpretations of the story.
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