Prometheus

and the theft of

fire
Made by Darina Asenova, Emma Hristova and
Lora Atanasova
 Summary of the Story

Prometheus was one of the Titans, who at some point were sent to Tartarus by the enraged Zeus who
didn’t accept the Titans’s fighting against him in the famous Battle of the Titans.
However Prometheus was not directly involved in the war, so Zeus saved him from Tartarus and gave him
a mission – to form a man from water and earth. Prometheus accomplished the task. He didn’t care much
ever about the Gods and their hierarchy, and however friendly treated by them, he was much more
comfortable being around the immortals. In any case, Zeus’s idea was not to have men with any unusual
power. However, Prometheus was thinking the other way, and decided to steal one of the powers Zeus
was particularly sensitive about – fire.
Thinking about stealing fire was easy, but it finally proved a bit more complicated. Prometheus, known for
his intelligence, had an immediate plan – to trick the goddesses throwing them a golden pear (in some
version – apple) into the courtyard with a message: “For the most beautiful goddess of all”.
 Summary of the Story

It worked as he planned – the goddesses started a fight over the fruit while gods were completely
enjoying the scene. All of them were distracted and Prometheus didn’t have a hard time stealing the
fire. Prometheus happily left the Gods’ playground and took the fire with him either in a hollowed
pumpkin or hollowed reed (depending on the interpretation) and brought it to Earth and gave it to
humans. Zeus was very mad when he found out. After so many times being disobeyed by
Prometheus, Zeus decided that it was enough. Nevertheless, he made Hephaestus chain
Prometheus on Mount Caucasus where an eagle would eat his liver forever. But, time passed and
Zeus offered at one occasion to free Prometheus in exchange for a revelation of the prediction of
the dethroning of Zeus. Prometheus refused. But much later Zeus’s son Hercules saw Prometheus
and decided to kill the eagle and free the chained Titan. Zeus was very angry initially but eventually
agreed to grant Prometheus his freedom.
The Main Characters
Prometheus - the apparent meaning of his name is
Forethinker. In common belief he developed into a master
craftsman, and in this connection he was associated with fire and
the creation of mortals.
Zeus - the strongest of the gods in the Ancient Greek religion.
He was regarded as the sender of thunder and lightning, rain,
and winds. He was called the father, the ruler and protector of
both gods and men.
Hephaestus - the Greek god of fire and an obedient but
unwilling servant.
 Setting of the story

Prometheus was first introduced in Hesiod's

poems, written between 750 and 650 BC in
Ancient Greece
Illustrations of the Story
The Conflict and Moral of the Story
The conflict
The conflict in the myth of
Prometheus and the theft of fire
revolves around Prometheus
defying the gods by giving fire
to humans. In Greek
mythology, fire was considered
a divine gift possessed only by
the gods, but Prometheus took
pity on humanity and stole fire
from Mount Olympus to give it
to them.
The moral
Prometheus stands for human progress
against the forces of nature. We learn close to
the beginning that he has given humanity the
gifts of fire and hope. Hope helps human
beings to struggle for a better future while fire,
as the source of technology, makes success in
that struggle possible.
Greek mythology vs Roman mythology
God names Religion Clothing
Mercury is the closest Venus is the second Mars is actually a very
planet to the Sun planet from the Sun cold place

God names Religion Clothing

Jupiter is the biggest Saturn is one of the gas Neptune is very far from
planet of them all giants with rings the Sun
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Myths
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Original myth

Mercury Venus Mars

It’s the closest Venus is the second Mars is actually a
planet to the Sun planet from the Sun very cold place

Jupiter Saturn Neptune

The biggest planet It’s composed of It’s the farthest
of them all hydrogen & helium planet from the Sun
Roman native gods

10% Mercury
It’s the closest planet to
the Sun

30% Venus
Venus is the second
planet from the Sun

100% Mars
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Roman myths
The River Styx
Venus has a beautiful name and is the
second planet from the Sun

Apollo and Cassandra

The third planet from the Sun and the
only one that harbors life in the System

Perseus and Medusa

Despite being red, Mars is actually a
cold place. It's full of iron oxide dust