a Titan, who stole fire from Olympus to give to humankind and in punishment was chained to a rock, where an eagle tore at his liver until Hercules freed him
Prometheus in American English
(prəˈmiθiəs, -θjuːs)
noun
Classical Mythology
a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules
Examples of 'Prometheus' in a sentence
Prometheus
Ariel had won his Oscar for playing Beethoven in Prometheus.
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An Oscar he may have, but until Prometheus he hadn't been a huge earner and now Heartlands was being withdrawn.
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But what if part of the reason that Prometheus took so long is because he started over again?