THE PROMETHEUS MYTH

By Ike, Margot, Stuti, Heidi

Background

Prometheus was a Titan. The name Prometheus means

“forethought”. He was considered the wise man and

predicted the future. He sided with the gods in the god vs.

Titan war.

Prometheus holding fire.

Humans

Prometheus created the humans out of lumps of clay in the shape of the gods.

Athena blew on the lumps of clay and then lumps came to life.

Zeus then confined them to Earth

Fire

Prometheus felt bad for the humans. Zeus was never fond of how the humans

would turn out, so he would destroy them.

The humans couldn’t make it through the harsh winters.

Prometheus decided to help them and he gave them fire, a power that was previously only for the gods.

Punishment

Since fire was supposed to be a power for only the gods, Zeus decided that he should be punished.

Prometheus was chained to a mountain and had his liver ripped out and eaten by an eagle each day.

Prometheus Vs. Frankenstein

PROMETHEUS MYTH

Prometheus created life and helped the humans to be able to survive.

FRANKENSTEIN

Dr. Frankenstein created life out of nothing and created the Frankenstein monster from dead body parts.

Bibliography

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