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👤 Prometheus (fire-stealer)

  • <div data-attribute_names="[]"><span data-attribute_object_ids="[]"><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="11302523" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_11302523">🏺 the Shield of Tydeus <q>used in the attack on Thebes</q></span></span></div>
  • Information
    son of Iapetos, steals fire
    Sometimes conflated with
    👤 Ithas herald of the Titans
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83160
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/42842
    LIMC headword
    Prometheus
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/K5LpiiARQ92ZE1hltkiLsAz
    Son of
    👤 Iapetos Titan👤 Asia (Oceanid) Oceanid👤 Clymene (Oceanid I) Oceanid mother of Prometheus and Epimetheus👤 Themis Titan, personification of law👤 Eurymedon (giant) king of the Giants👤 Hera Olympian goddess
    Father of
    👤 Deucalion (Thessalian) survives flood, repopulates earth👤 Hellen eponym of the Hellenes
    Husband of
    👤 Hesione (Oceanid) daughter of Oceanos and wife of Prometheus
    Has children with
    👤 Pandora (first woman) first mortal woman👤 Pyrrha (Thessalian) daughter of Epimetheus, wife of Deucalion👤 Pronoe (m. of Deucalion) mother of Deucalion
    Belongs to
    👥 the Titans children of Ouranos and Ge
    Creates
    👤 Pandora (first woman) first mortal woman
    Wounded by
    👤 the Caucasian Eagle eats Prometheus' liver
    Buried at
    🏛️ the Tomb of Prometheus (Argos) at Argos🏛️ the Tomb of Prometheus (Opountian Locris)
    Cult sites
    🌍 the Academy (Athens) area in Athens
    Dwelling
    🏛️ the Cave of Prometheus (India) in the territory of the Paropamisidai
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyHesiod, Works & DaysPausaniasHesiod, EhoiaiEuripides, Phoenician WomenAeschylus, Prometheus BoundEumelos, Titanomachy Exerpta VaticanaLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, PrometheusLucian, On SacrificesLucian, Zeus CatechizedLucian, The Lover of LiesLucian, The DanceLucian, To One Who Said, "You're a Prometheus in Words"Ps-Plutarch, On RiversDiodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadOvid, IbisLucian, On Salaried Posts in Great HousesOvid, MetamorphosesStraboVergil, EcloguesOvid, AmoresLycophron, AlexandraPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartLucian, Dialogues of the DeadLucian, Zeus RantsCallimachus, IambiCallimachusIon of Chios, TragediesPliny, Natural History
    Depictions
    🏺 the Shield of Tydeus used in the attack on Thebes
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