Prometheus Movie Birds Greek Prometheus Mythology Liver

Prometheus is chained to a rock in the caucasus for eternity where his liver is eaten daily by an eagle only to be regenerated by night due to his immortality.

Prometheus movie birds greek prometheus mythology liver. In greek myth prometheus was chained to a rock and doomed to be tortured by an eagle. Hephaestus roman vulcan god of blacksmiths and craftsmen and athena roman minerva goddess of wisdom handicraft and war risking the anger of their father zeus and feeling sorry for prometheus decided to help by giving him their knowledge so prometheus in turn could teach arts and crafts to mankind. But he saw that the poor lowly humans still suffered. This was a big no no as fire was supposed to be the exclusive property of the gods.

His liver magically grew back in case you were wondering. Prometheus fought on the side of zeus so he survived. The name derives from the greek word meaning forethought. The eagle is a symbol of zeus himself.

Prometheus was one of the titans son of iapetus also a titan and clymene an oceanid. In greek mythology prometheus was a titan god and creator of mankind. Free download high quality and widescreen resolutions. Download hd wallpapers of 127684 prometheus movie birds greek prometheus mythology liver.

Prometheus doesnt change his mind even after hermes threatens to send him to tartarus and subject him to the torture of an eagle incessantly eating out his liver. His brothers were epimetheus atlas and menoetius. During the titanomachy the war between the titans and the olympian gods prometheus sided with zeus. In vain are the oceanids pleas to give in.

Zeus now in order to punish men caused hephaestus to mold a virgin pandora of earth whom athena adorned with all the charms calculated to entice mortals. However zeus the king of the gods didnt look upon humans so kindly and prometheus paid for his transgressions by having his liver eaten repeatedly by an eagle. Then came the day when zeus the first of the olympian gods overthrew the titans in the titanomachy. Prometheus challenges hermes to do his worst.

Years later the greek hero heracles hercules slays the eagle and frees prometheus from his torment 520528. He became powerful and honored in the new court of the greek gods on mount olympus. The gods were more or less okay with that until prometheus gave them fire.