Prometheus Definition

prə-mēthē-əs, -thyo͝os
noun
A Titan who steals fire from heaven for the benefit of mankind: in punishment, Zeus chains him to a rock where a vulture (or eagle) comes each day to eat his liver, which grows back each night.
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Origin of Prometheus

  • Latin Promētheus from Greek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Prometheus Sentence Examples

  • After Prometheus had stolen fire from heaven and bestowed it upon mortals Zeus determined to counteract this blessing.

  • Prometheus resembles the Polynesian Maui, who went down to fetch fire from the volcano of Mahuika, the fire-god.

  • He destroyed sundry sea-monsters, set free the bound Prometheus, took part in the Argonautic voyage and the Calydonian boar hunt, made war against Augeas, and against Nestor and the Pylians, and restored Tyndareus to the sovereignty of Lacedaemon.

  • The relation between Hephaestus and Prometheus is in some respects close, though the distinction between these gods is clearly marked.

  • The fire, as an element, belongs to the Olympian Hephaestus; the Titan Prometheus, a more human character, steals it for the use of man.

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