Prometheus Ideal Of Justice Analysis

Prometheus and the Ideal of Justice Prometheus, a hero in Greek mythology, created mankind and always looked out for their well being. He his seen throughout many Greek myth stories, such as, the theft of fire, the instruction of men in the arts, the sacrificial share, and the changing, torture, and release of Prometheus, in all of which he worked to make things fair for the humans. He portrayed justice, which can be defined as the quality of being fair and reasonable, in all of those stories. Therefore, Prometheus represents the ideal of justice. One way Prometheus represents the ideal of fairness is when gives humans fire. In the mundane world Prometheus saw that the gods and goddess are the only ones with the source of fire, so he decided …show more content…
Before Prometheus intervened, the good parts of the animals were sacrificed to the mortals, while the sacrificers were left with the inedible parts. Prometheus made a deal with Zeus that the humans would sacrifice the parts of the animals that were contained in the bag that Zeus chose (“Prometheus”). The outside of the bag that held the edible parts was covered with oxhide, while the outside of the bag that held the inedible parts was covered with fat (Hamilton 87). This confused Zeus, so he chose the inedible parts for himself. Having given his promise, Zeus could not go back on his word, so from then on the humans enjoyed the good parts of the animals, while the bad parts were sacrificed (87). Many people were suffering from the requests of the god and goddesses and Prometheus could not take the mistreatment anymore. Without Prometheus the humans might have continued to suffer, while the gods and goddesses would have continued to live extravagantly and take the humans’ necessities. By taking the entitative to change the status quo that was awful for the immortals, but excessively profitable for the residents of Mount Olympus, he showed the ideal of