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/pɹəˈmiˌθiəs/
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- (Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him
How To Use Prometheus In A Sentence
- Mediterranean in English steamers, in the same way as these were brought from Malta to Gibraltar in the Prometheus — as, forsooth, servants and passengers. Travels in Morocco
- Hence, the aporia of aesthetic myth writing derived from Gnosticism 's dualism, which was represented in western aesthetic history of Prometheus myth writings.
- Prometheus is bound in writhing shackles that reach up and clasp his arms.
- Again the unblenching "preux chevalier" Champlain stands with his back against the gray cliff of Quebec fighting red and white foe alike, famine and disease, to keep a foothold in the wilderness, with the sublime faith of a crusader and the patient endurance of a Prometheus. The French in the Heart of America
- Ariel had won his Oscar for playing Beethoven in Prometheus. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
- Saturn's F-ring is being twisted into its contorted shape by the gravitational effect of the moon Prometheus.
- The Olympic flame derives comes Prometheus, an ancient Greek god.
- Eve, Prometheus, Pandora, and Frankenstein all try to usurp upon divine authority and all suffer the consequences.
- Prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never lost courage before Zeus.
- An Oscar he may have, but until Prometheus he hadn't been a huge earner and now Heartlands was being withdrawn. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
