Prometheus

This is the second story on my Greek mythology posts. This is about Prometheus the Titan. Before humanity, the gods won a battle against these giants called Titans. Most of the Titans were destroyed or either threw into the eternal hell, Tartarus. But the Titan Prometheus who’s name means foresight, convinced his brother, Epimetheus to fight with him on the side of the gods. As thanks Zeus trusted the brothers with the task of creating all living things. Epimetheus’s job was to give the living things different gifts. To some he gave flight, to some he gave the ability to move in water, and to some to race in the grass. He gave some beasts scales, others soft fur, and sharp claws. While he did those, Prometheus was shaping the first humans. They were made out of mud, and were shaped in the image of the gods. Zeus said that they were to stay mortal and worship mount Olympus from below. Zeus made humans depend on the gods for protection. How ever Prometheus versioned his creations in a different way, a greater purpose. So when Zeus asked Prometheus to decide how the sacrifices would be made, Prometheus planed a trick so the humans would have an advantage. He slayed a bull and divided it to two parts to show Zeus. In the first bowl he put the juicy meats on the bottom, and on top of the meat he put the ugly insides and belly. In the other bowl he put the bones on the bottom and the fat on top. When Zeus chose the better looking bowl, (the second) he was pissed to see Prometheus’s trick. Because so Zeus banned the use of fire on earth, that means they could not cook meat or have light. But Prometheus denied to see his creation’s suffer like that. So he climbed the mountain and stole fire, for the workshop of Athena and Hephaestus. He hid the flames in a hollow fennel stalk and safely brought it to the humans. This gave them the power to harness nature for their own benefit and ultimately dominate the natural world. With fire humans could care for them selves with food and warmth, but they could also use it to forge weapons and rage war. When Zeus looked down to earth to see the flames he raged at Prometheus. He ordered a brutal punishment on him, he would be chained to a cliff for eternity and each day a vulture would visit him and would tear out his liver, then each night his liver would grow back just to be taken out again. Even thou Prometheus is tortured everyday, he does not regret his rebellious doings. His doings has made him a hero in Greek mythology today.