Prometheus

Prometheus

"When I took the Fires of Olympus to the mortals, Zeus considered it a betrayal. As punishment, he made me mortal and condemed me to be savagly consumed every day by this cursed bird, and then, with the fall of night, I am healed. How long have I been here? How long have I suffered this curse? I truly do not know." - Prometheus

Greek Mythology

Prometheus is a Titan and his name means forethought. Prometheus is the wiser than the even the gods and a hero to mankind. He created man and tried to help them, but was punished by Zeus. Unlike the gods, who made the lives of Mortals difficult Prometheus was helpful.

Biography

Titanomachy

As a Titan, Prometheus ruled with his siblings and Cronos, when Cronus learned his fate to be overthrown by his children. Cronus swallowed his children but was Zeus was saved from this fate by Gaia and his mother. He freed his siblings and started the war. Prometheus knowing Cronos was doomed to be overthrown sided with Zeus along with his brother, Epimetheus. As such he was not banish to Tartarus.

Birth of Athena

After Zeus swallowed Metis she began to craft amour inside his stomach giving him a headache. All the gods attempted to heal him but none succeed. However, Prometheus knew and took an axe and cleaved Zeus head and from the wound Athena was born.

The Creation of Man

Prometheus was very important to man and his creation. His brother help in the creation of all life on Earth. He gave feathers, claws, fur, etc. to the animals until there was no good gifts left for men. Prometheus then undertook the task of the creation of man. He made them stand upright like the gods. They had no advantages over the animals so Prometheus taught them how to create weapons. Zeus in anger of this wish to know that they would be loyal and demanded a sacrifice. Prometheus killed an oxen and put most of the fat and meat in one pile and put its stomach over it and in the other bones covered and hidden in fat. Zeus choose the latter and in anger denied men fire. Prometheus felt sorry for men and stole the flames of the gods and gave it to man.

Punishment

When Zeus discovered this, he had Prometheus chained to a mountain, made him mortal, and had an eagle eat his liver every day and he would heal at the end of the day. It would repeat until he meets Kratos. In the time he is chained there he would meet and comfort Io while Hera punish her.

The End

After losing his godly might and Zeus attack, Kratos went out to get revenge. After landing on the mountain Typhon was trapped, in he met Prometheus. Prometheus told Kratos his sad story about his fall from grace and how Zeus trapped him in torment to be eaten over and over again by a giant Eagle. He also said that he could only die by burning in the Fires of Olympus. Kratos then attacked Prometheus breaking his chains in an attempt to free him from his torment. Prometheus chains broke but wrapped around his neck. After retrieving Typhon's Bane, Kratos used it to break the chains, dropping Prometheus into the flames defiling it and killing him.

Prometheus' Last Gift

Despite Prometheus death he still had one more gift to give. From Prometheus' death in the Fires of Olympus, his ashes gave Kratos the Rage of the Titans. When used, Kratos cannot be stunned or knocked back, but he is not fully immune to damage.