The Role Of Prometheus In Greek Myth

Insistence In the start of the Greek Myths-Prometheus, it tells how people are created. The main person is Prometheus who is one the greatest of Titans and much honored because he can foresee events and foretell the future. Then with the permission of Zeus, he and his brother can make animals out of clay, however, Prometheus decides to make a nobler than any of these made in clay. Then he carries out his plan, first, he gives to man an upright stature without covering and gifts for his brother-Epimetheus has used up all the coverings and gifts, so he has to ask for help toward Zeus and then his men have cloth but still have no gifts that they are so helpless and stupid. So secondly, he goes to Zeus again to get help, Zeus is so generous that he agrees to help his men again, so man then can breathe which doesn’t satisfy Prometheus totally for they are so dull, so Prometheus goes to Aeolus again and Aeolus sends people to teach man dance, laugh and sing, yet man are so stupid that …show more content…
Luckily, people have intelligence and soul with the help of Athene and they gradually learn to conquer and excel animals all by the use of their mind. But people are still miserable for they lack one other gift from the gods-fire the greatest gift of all. Absolutely, fire is so precious that god is unwilling to give it to man for he is afraid that his status will be challenged, so he plans a trap to refuse his require, he does it. But Prometheus is not intend to give up for he loves his people so deeply that he would like to devote his life to them, so he goes straightway to the throne of Zeus and fills a hollow tube from the precious flames and carries it to his people. As a result, Zeus is indeed very angry with Prometheus but he dares not to put him to death because Prometheus knows the future so he gives him a terrible punishment-chains him to a rock on top of a high mountain and sends a great vulture every day to feed upon his liver, which is consumed by day and by night