The Creation Of Man By Prometheus
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Prometheus and Epimetheus were spared imprisonment in Tartarus because they didn't fight with the Titans during the war with the Olympians.
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They all were given the task of creating man. Prometheus shaped the man out of mud, and Athena breathed life into his clay figure
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To punish man, Zeus had Hephaestus create a mortal of stunning beauty. The gods gave the mortal gifts of wealth. He then had Hermes give the mortal a heart and a lying tongue. This creation was Pandora, the first women.
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Prometheus had warned Epimetheus not to accept gifts from Zeus but, Pandora's beauty was too great and he allowed her to stay. Eventually, Pandora's curiosity about the jar she was forbidden to open became to great.
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Zeus was angry at Prometheus for three things: being tricked on scarifices, stealing fire for man, and for refusing to tell Zeus which of Zeus's children would dethrone him. Zeus had his servants, a lot of Force and a lot of Violence, seize Prometheus, take him to the Caucasus Mountains, and chain him to a rock with unbreakable adamanite chains. Here he was tormented day and night by a giant eagle tearing at his liver.
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Zeus gave Prometheus two ways out of this torment. He could tell Zeus who the mother of the child that would dethrone him was. Or meet two conditions: First, that an immortal must volunteer to die for Prometheus. Second, that a mortal must kill the eagle and unchain him. Eventually, Chiron the Centaur agreed to die forum him and Hercules killed the eagle and unbound him.
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