Prometheus means 'Forethought' he had the ability to see the future, the son of Iapetus. Given the task to shape man along with his brother Epimetheus, Prometheus did so with clay and then Athena brought these clay figures to life.
Zeus stated that all men must present a portion of the animal they sacrificed to the gods. With this Prometheus tricked Zeus as he made two piles, one which contained meat and the other bones and fat, as Zeus picked the bones he had no choice but to take the bones and fat as a share of any future sacrifices. With Zeus now angry he took fire away from man, so this lead to Prometheus to light a torch from the sun to give fire back to man.
Zeus punishes Prometheus and man, the punishment to man was the first woman Pandora who although was beautiful she was deceiving, she was sent to Epimetheus. She had a jar which she was forbidden to open, but when she gave in, evil was brought about, and also hope.
Prometheus' punishment was to be taken to the Caucasus mountains and chained to a rock where he was tormented by an eagle tearing at his liver. The only ways out were to tell Zeus who the mother of the child to dethrone him was. Or that an immortal volunteer (Pandora) would die and that this mortal must kill the eagle and unchain him.
In the end it was Chiron who agreed to die for him and Hercules who killed the eagle to unbind him.
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