Prometheus

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Titan culture hero figure in Greek mythology

Prometheus is a Titan in Greek mythology best known for creating humanity and stealing fire from the gods to give to humans, an act for which he was severely punished by Zeus.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Prometheus canonical	34
Myth of Prometheus	2
Prometheus (mythology)	1
Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan	1
Prometheus from Greek mythology	1
Prometheus myth	1
Prometheus the Fire-Bringer	1
Prometheus trilogy	1
Titan Prometheus	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Titan ⓘ culture hero ⓘ figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
action	stole fire back for humans ⓘ
appearsIn	Prometheus Bound ⓘ Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ surface form: Theogony by Hesiod Hesiod ⓘ surface form: Works and Days by Hesiod
associatedWith	fire ⓘ forethought ⓘ origin of sacrifice rituals ⓘ the creation of humans from clay ⓘ
children	Deucalion ⓘ
consequence	Zeus ⓘ surface form: Zeus withheld fire from humans
culture	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greek
enemyOf	Zeus ⓘ
etymology	name often interpreted as meaning forethought ⓘ
freedBy	Heracles ⓘ
hasProphecyAbout	future overthrow of Zeus ⓘ
immortality	yes ⓘ
knownFor	being punished by Zeus ⓘ creating humanity ⓘ defying Zeus ⓘ dividing an ox into portions to deceive Zeus ⓘ giving fire to humans ⓘ stealing fire from the gods ⓘ
locationOfPunishment	Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Caucasus Mountains
memberOf	Titans ⓘ
mythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
opponent	Zeus ⓘ
parents	Clymene ⓘ Iapetus ⓘ
punishedBy	Zeus ⓘ
punishment	being chained to a rock ⓘ having his liver eaten daily by an eagle ⓘ
rescuedBy	Heracles ⓘ
role	benefactor of humanity ⓘ creator of mankind ⓘ trickster figure ⓘ
siblings	Atlas ⓘ Epimetheus ⓘ Menoetius ⓘ
spouseOrPartner	Hesione ⓘ
symbolism	human striving ⓘ intellectual daring ⓘ the quest for scientific knowledge ⓘ
tormentor	eagle of Zeus ⓘ
tricked	Zeus ⓘ surface form: Zeus at Mecone
worshippedIn	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlas from Greek mythology → sibling → Prometheus ⓘ

subject surface form: Atlas

Iapetus → parentOf → Prometheus ⓘ

Clymene → motherOf → Prometheus ⓘ

Epimetheus → sibling → Prometheus ⓘ

Epimetheus → contrastWith → Prometheus ⓘ

Epimetheus → associatedWithDeity → Prometheus ⓘ

Menoetius → siblingOf → Prometheus ⓘ

Celaeno → spouseOrLover → Prometheus ⓘ

Titans → includes → Prometheus ⓘ

Atlas → sibling → Prometheus ⓘ

Deucalion → father → Prometheus ⓘ

Prometheus Bound → featuresCharacter → Prometheus ⓘ

Prometheus Bound → partOf → Prometheus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prometheus trilogy

Prometheus Bound → followedBy → Prometheus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prometheus the Fire-Bringer

Hesione → associatedWith → Prometheus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Titan Prometheus

Hesiod's Works and Days → containsMyth → Prometheus ⓘ

subject surface form: Works and Days

this entity surface form: Myth of Prometheus

Prometheus statue → depicts → Prometheus ⓘ

Prometheus Award → namedAfter → Prometheus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prometheus (mythology)

Titans of Greek mythology → includes → Prometheus ⓘ

subject surface form: second-generation Titans

Pandora → fatherInLaw → Prometheus ⓘ

Pandora → associatedWith → Prometheus ⓘ

Iapetids → hasMember → Prometheus ⓘ

Asia → child → Prometheus ⓘ

Dirck van Baburen → notableWork → Prometheus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan

Hellen → grandfather → Prometheus ⓘ

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης → mainCharacter → Prometheus ⓘ

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης → character → Prometheus ⓘ

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης → mythologicalCycle → Prometheus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prometheus myth

Scythian wilderness → associatedWithCharacter → Prometheus ⓘ

Myth of Pandora → featuresCharacter → Prometheus ⓘ

Myth of Pandora → relatedMyth → Prometheus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Myth of Prometheus

Prometheus Unbound → centralCharacter → Prometheus ⓘ

Titan Atlas → sibling → Prometheus ⓘ

F ring → isInfluencedBy → Prometheus ⓘ

Paul Manship → notableWork → Prometheus ⓘ

Orozco murals → notableWork → Prometheus ⓘ

Great Flood in Greek mythology → opposedBy → Prometheus ⓘ

Great Flood in Greek mythology → warningGivenBy → Prometheus ⓘ

Great Flood in Greek mythology → keyCharacters → Prometheus ⓘ

USCSS Prometheus → namedAfter → Prometheus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prometheus from Greek mythology

The Birds → featuresMythologicalFigure → Prometheus ⓘ

Ossip Zadkine → notableWork → Prometheus ⓘ