Prometheus-Anderson

=Prometheus-information shrunk to fit by Benjamin Anderson= **//pro MEE thee us//** Prometheus was the son of the Titan Iapetus, also called Japhet, and Asia. A Titan is a child of Gaia (Gaea) and her son Uranus. Although Prometheus himself was not one of these children, he is considered a Titan.
 * Prometheus is the god of fire
 * One of two Titans who sided with the gods in the war against Cronus
 * Created humans out of clay and water for Zeus
 * Made humans to gaze toward the hevans
 * Tricked Zeus with two choices for a sacrafice
 * Prometheus steals fire from the heavens and gives it to mankind
 * Zeus punished Prometheus by chaining him to a mountain
 * The gods created Pandora as a punishment to humans
 * Pandora released all the horrors into the world after opening a forbidden box
 * Origins**

Cronus, one of the Titans, gave birth to six children, one of which was Zeus, who later saved all his siblings. All the children decided that Cronus and the rest of the Titans were not fit to rule, and so started a war to get rid of them. During this war, only two Titans fought on the side of the gods-Prometheus and Epimetheus. Because of this, they were spared punishment.
 * Early History**

Prometheus is credited as the creator of the human race, having been given the chance by Zeus. He created them out of water and clay, and the first humans were designed in the image of the gods. Not only this, but Prometheus created humans to stand upright, so they could gaze upon the heavens. After Prometheus made a preliminary model of humans, Epimetheus helped create other humans to the first model. After Prometheus and Epimetheus made the humans, Athena gave them the breath of life, as well as knowledge and wisdom. Prometheus himself also taught the humans many skills, such as the ability to tell time and navigate. For more information on the creation of humans, click here.
 * Prometheus and Humans[[image:prome.jpg width="231" height="327" align="right" caption="Prometheus brings fire to man"]]**

To begin with, Zeus was rather proud with the humans. When it came time to decide what the gods would receive as sacrifice, Prometheus wished to keep the best parts for the humans. To do this, he made two choices for Zeus-the bones surrounded by fat or the meat wrapped in the stomach. Zeus looked at the two choices and picked the one he thought was more worthy of the gods, being the fat. Prometheus had him tricked though, so Zeus became angry. He decided to withhold his gift for the new race, the gift of fire, so that they would have to eat all their meat raw. Because of his will for the humans to survive happily, Prometheus went up to the sky and stole fire from the chariot of the sun using a fennel stalk (the origin of the Olympic torch). Once he returned to Earth, he taught humans how to use fire.
 * Zeus's Reaction**

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After Zeus heard of Prometheus's trickery, he passed a horrible punishment on Prometheus. Prometheus was chained to a rock in the Caucasus Mountains, where he was to stay for 30,000 years. The main part of his torture was having his liver eaten out by an eagle each day, only to have it grow back each night. He was freed by Hercules after telling Zeus of an oracle that warned against having a child with the nymph Thetis, whom he loved. After being saved Prometheus was granted immortality by Zeus, which was achieved by swapping his mortality with the centaur Cheiron, who was hurt and wished to die. Zeus ordered the gods to create the first human woman, and each god added something to her, and she was named Pandora. Zeus was still angry at Prometheus, so he had Pandora created to ruin the human race. When sent to Earth, she was given to Epimetheus as a wife. All the horrors and sorrows of the world were locked in a jar (or a box in some accounts) to keep them out of the world. Pandora was told not to touch the jar, but her curiosity got the better of her. Upon opening the jar, all that was trapped inside was released, causing the whole world to be filled with those horrors. The only thing remaining in the jar was pure Hope, which was given a place in all human hearts. If this story seems familiar, it probably is-we've all heard of Pandora's Box at some point, but never why it came about.
 * Punishment**
 * Pandora**

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