References

This is a list of plays and/or books where you can find references to Prometheus:

Hesiod's Theogony
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Unbound
Prometheus the Fire-Bringer

Adventure

Prometheus tricked Zeus by putting beef in an ox, so that something edible was inside something that looked displeasing. He put the bull's bones inside "glistening fat", so that something inedible was in something that looked pleasing and presented them as sacrificial offerings before Zeus, who chose the latter. Zeus, angry, took away fire from mankind, to which Prometheus responded by stealing the fire and giving it back to mankind. Zeus punished him eternally by chaining him so that an eagle could eat his liver, only for it to grow back, repeating the process.

Family

Prometheus was the son of Iapetus. He was the brother of Menoetius, Atlas, and Epimetheus.

Background

Prometheus's first myth appeared in the late 8th century. He was a son of the Titan, Iapetus by Themis or Clymene, one of the Oceanids. He was brother to Menoetius, Atlas, and Epimetheus.

"Prometheus played a trick against Zeus. He placed two sacrificial offerings before the Olympian: a selection of beef hidden inside an ox's stomach, and the bull's bones wrapped completely in "glistening fat". Zeus chose the latter, setting a precedent for future sacrifices; henceforth, humans would keep the meat for themselves and burn the bones wrapped in fat as an offering to the gods. This angered Zeus, who hid fire from humans in retribution. Prometheus in turn stole fire and gave it back to mankind. Prometheus, in eternal punishment, is chained to a rock in the Caucasus, where his liver is eaten out daily by an eagle, only to be regenerated by night, which, by legend, is due to his immortality, eventually the Greek hero Heracles shoots the eagle and frees Prometheus from his chains."

- explained in Hesiod's Theogony.