Prometheus

American  

[pruh-mee-thee-uhs, -thyoos] / prəˈmi θi əs, -θyus /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.

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Prometheus British  

/ prəˈmiːθɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a Titan, who stole fire from Olympus to give to mankind and in punishment was chained to a rock, where an eagle tore at his liver until Hercules freed him

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Prometheus Cultural  

1. In classical mythology, the Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans. As punishment for the theft, Zeus ordered Prometheus chained to a rock and sent a great eagle to gnaw at the Titan's liver. Despite his torment, Prometheus refused to submit to Zeus' will. He was eventually rescued by Hercules.

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Prometheus has become a symbol of lonely and valiant resistance to authority. Aeschylus wrote a play, Prometheus Bound, and Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote a long poem entitled “Prometheus Unbound.”

Example Sentences

That was before news broke this past week that Bezos was becoming co-chief executive officer of an AI startup, dubbed Project Prometheus, where he is also an investor.

From The Wall Street Journal

Technology, as the myth of Prometheus illustrates, has the power to radically overturn our daily lives.

From Los Angeles Times

His credits include Pan Labrynth, Prometheus and The Shape of Water, which won him the Oscar for best picture and best director in 2018.

From BBC

What I had to wrestle with were the choices that Ridley made later on in ‘Prometheus,’ which was a prequel to ‘Alien.’

From Los Angeles Times

Prometheus will be built in New Albany, Ohio, while Hyperion will be built in Louisiana and is expected to be fully online by 2030, Zuckerberg said.

From BBC