Prometheus

A Titan who creates mankind from water and earth, steals fire for humanity, tricks Zeus so humans would receive the best parts of sacrificial animals.

Genealogy

Asia

Iapetus

Atlas, Epimetheus, Menoetius

Deucalion

Places
  1. Mount Olympus
  2. Mount Caucasus
  3. Nowhere
  4. Phthia
  5. Triton
  6. Unknown
Events
  1. Prometheus is born
  2. Athena is born from Zeus’ forehead
  3. Prometheus gives fire to humanity
  4. Prometheus is bound to a mountain
  5. Hercules frees Prometheus
  6. On advice from Prometheus, Deucalion builds a chest.
  7. Prometheus takes on Chiron’s immortality so that Chiron can die
  8. There is a prediction made that the son of Thetis will be mightier than his father
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.3
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.6
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.1
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.2
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.4
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.11
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.5
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 30.2
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 14.4
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 19.5
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 19.8
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 11.6
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 25.6
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 4.4
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