person
Prometheus
also: Prometheus
The Titan chained to a rock for stealing fire, his liver eternally torn by an eagle; a type of unending torment.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.3 son of Iapetus
Prometheus, who stole fire for mankind and so loosed disease and death upon the world.
- The Odes §1.16 Prometheus
Who, shaping man from clay, is said to have added 'the violence of the mad lion' to our makeup.
- The Odes §2.13 Prometheus
Even he is 'beguiled of his torment by the sweet sound.'
- The Odes §2.18 Prometheus
The cunning Titan whom not even gold could ransom back from the warder of Orcus.
- The Epodes §17 Prometheus
The Titan chained to a rock, his liver eternally torn by an eagle; like Tantalus and Sisyphus, he longs for a rest the gods deny.