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Prometheus
Pro-me′the-us
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], from [GREEK] to have forethought for.]
(Class. Myth.)
The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver.
Definition 2024
Prometheus
Prometheus
English
Prometheus brings fire to mankind (1817, Heinrich Füger)
Proper noun
Prometheus
- A male given name
- (Greek mythology) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
- (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.
Translations
Greek mythological figure
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