EUREKA Prometheus Project

Titan, Prometheus. Realizing that man could not survive without fire, Prometheus stole fire from Mt. Olympus and gave fire to humans. Despite his good intentions, Zeus disliked Prometheus giving fire to all of mankind, so he was punished. Lord Byron writes, “Thy Godlike crime was to be kind”, and this reflects Prometheus’ attempt at doing something good, which eventually resulted in punishment. Prometheus was forcefully chained to a rock while a vulture ate his side. Similar to Prometheus, the…

Man was created from clay by the hands of Prometheus. Prometheus was a Titan God who sided with Zeus in the war of the Titans and hence was not imprisoned in mount Tatarus. After Prometheus moulded man from clay Athena breathed life into man. Prometheus loved man and thought them his favourite creation, and because of this he made man stand upright as only the gods had done before. Here we understand that Prometheus was beginning to form what we known to be creation man in the image of a God.…

Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, A Modern Prometheus teaches that like youth in modern society, the creature’s development was influenced by both internal and external factors. It was on a dreary night in november, when Frankenstein’s creation is brought to life. “It was already one in the morning ; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open, it breathed hard…

Kingsmeat is the title of a short story by Orson Scott Card. While most call it science fiction, I think it's more of a piece with a futuristic-angle than hard science fiction, and is about suffering the consequences of doing what one thinks is right. And Holiness. It's about a race of beings consisting of a king and queen (and all the eggs in her abdomen) who harvest their 'kingsmeat' from the humans of Abbey Colony. After invading the planet, these many-armed and hideous creatures begin…

The comparison of Frankenstein to Prometheus is appropriate, but to a certain extent. They have more differences than similarities. Mary Shelley's inspiration for Frankenstein came from the ancient, Greek God Prometheus. Here are the similarities and differences. For similarities, Frankenstein and Prometheus try and change things for the better, for different reasons I'll get into in the next paragraph. Their actions were both bad though. Therefore, they were punished for what they do.…

down, blew his breath hard into their mouths, their noses, and their navels until they woke, spoke, and rose up as full-grown men. The Greek myth of how man was created is from Prometheus and Epimetheus who were two Titans. They did not fight alongside the other Titans but instead were given the task of creating man. Prometheus…

Aeschylus is postulated to be the author of Prometheus Bound, written in the mid to late fifth century BCE. The story follows Zeus’ punishment of Prometheus, a Titan of old, for for bestowing the gifts of fire and civilization to humankind in spite of Zeus’ desire to destroy humans. For his actions, Prometheus is brought to Scythia, where he is chained eternally to a rock by Hephaestus’ impermeable chains. The scene quoted above depicts the encounter between Prometheus and his fellow Titan,…

They weren’t content with Prometheus and his findings instead they were outraged, they cried, “It took fifty years to secure the approval of all the Councils for the Candle, and to decide upon the number needed, and to re-fit the Plans so as to make candles instead of torches. This touched upon thousands and thousands of men working in scores of States. We cannot alter the Plans again so soon… It must be destroyed” (Rand, 49). Their rejection causes Prometheus to flee into the forest are shortly…

illustrate the parallels between the famous Rockefeller family—specifically J.D. Rockefeller Jr.—and the mythic figure Prometheus of Greek mythology. I will also divulge on the parallels between both of their philanthropic actions for humanity, (although the Rockefellers have made more contributions to humans in New York City). For the conclusion, I will propose that Prometheus has been—and most likely will be—the most engaging model of philanthropy, which the Rockefeller family and one of its…

and, literature. Athena was the daughter of Zeus as well, but she did not have a birth mother. She was bounded full grown and dressed in armour from Zeus’ forehead. Pandora was used by Zeus to get revenge on Prometheus and humans. Athena dressed Pandora in a beautiful, silvery gown and a veil with a crown. Zeus the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods ordered for Pandora to be created. To the ancient Greeks,…