Prometheus

American  

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

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.”

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This is personal to both Pearce, who previously worked with Sir Ridley on Prometheus in 2012, and Elordi.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Prometheus, the Jeff Bezos-backed physical artificial-intelligence startup, raised $12 billion last month in the biggest round tracked by Space Capital for the quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Just three companies — Anthropic, Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus and Anduril Industries — absorbed 75% of that total.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Bezos and Bajaj started Prometheus in late 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Beethoven tackled both figures, composing 'Mephisto’s Flea-song’ in tribute to Goethe’s Faust, and a ballet score, The Creatures of Prometheus, in 1801.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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