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PROMETHEUS

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Overview

PROMETHEUS (noun)
  The noun PROMETHEUS has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued himplay

  Familiarity information: PROMETHEUS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


PROMETHEUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Titan ((Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth))

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)


 Context examples 


Prometheus!” she cried.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The surfaces of the moons Atlas, Prometheus and Pandora, farther out from Saturn, have ring material as well - but they're also coated with the bright icy particles and water vapor from the plume spraying out of Enceladus. (A broad outer ring of Saturn, known as the E ring, is formed by the icy material that fans out from Enceladus' plume.)

(NASA's Cassini Finds Saturn's Rings Coat Tiny Moons, NASA)



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