1. The titan god of greek mythology who
was entrusted to mould mankind out
of clay.
Son to Lapetos and Klymene, brother
to Epimetheus, Atlas and Menoetius
Very intelligent
”The one looking forward”
Greatest friend of mankind
Symbol: the creative fire - His precious
gift to the dying people

2. The history of Prometheus
Promotheus and his brother
Epimetheus had not participated in
war to defend the titans ->
imprisoned and given a very
important task.
Promotheus stole fire from Zeus to
give to the mortals. Zeus punished
him by bounding Promotheus to a
rock while an eagle was eating his
liver.

3. Prometheus’ martyrdom
A painting by Vasilis
Bottas
Promotheus is serving
his sentence after
stealing zeus’ fire.
Worried mermaids is
painted to emphasize
the dramatic
atmosphere.
Zeus is monitoring the
situation.

4. The roman eqivalent
One sometimes speak about
Prometheus under the name
of Mithras, even though
Prometheus’ actual
roman counterpart does not
exist.
Mithras was worshiped in the
late roman empire who often
was portrayed riding a bull
with a torch in his hand.
Similar symbol