Prometheus

Introduction The enchanting flame has held a special mystery and charm the world over for thousands of years. According to Greek myth, Prometheus the Titan stole fire from the heavens and gave it to mortals—an act for which he was swiftly punished. Early people made use of it anyway. Soon the ancients came to regard fire as one of the basic elements of the world. It has since become the famihar sign of the hearth and the mark of youth and blood—as well as the object of intense curiosity and scientific investigation. 

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Name derived from Prometheus (Titan from Greek mythology) he brought fire to mankind, for which he was heavily punished... 

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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. 1818. Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. The 1818 Text. Edited by James Rieger. Chicago The University of Chicago Press, 1982. 

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The following passage tells of the mythological Greek god Prometheus. 

Always seeking the best for his creation, one day Prometheus conspired to trick Zeus to give the best meat of an ox to men instead of Zeus. He cut up the ox and hid the bones in layers of fat then he hid the meat and innards inside the hide. When Prometheus presented the (2ty piles to Zeus, Zeus chose the pile that looked like fat and meat. He was enraged to find that it was nothing but bones. 

To punish Prometheus for his deceit and his fondness for humans, Zeus forbade men fire—a symbol of creative power, life force, and divine knowledge. But Prometheus would not let his children be 00) denied this greatest of gifts. He took a hollow reed, stole fire from Mount Olympus, and gave it to man. With this divine power, creativity, ingenuity, and culture flourished in the land of mortals. 

The main idea of the first paragraph (lines 1-6) is that Prometheus... 

Zeus becomes angry at Prometheus for all of the following EXCEPT... 

Based on the passage, the relationship between Prometheus and humans can best be described as that of... 

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Promethium (Pm, [Xe]4/56s2), name and symbol after Prometheus who, in Greek mythology, stole fire from the gods. Discovered (1945) by J.A. Marinsky, L. Glendenin and C.D. Coryell by use of ion-exchange chromatography on residues in a nuclear reactor. 

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