Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Prometheus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prometheus \Pro*me"the*us\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to have
forethought for.] (Class. Myth.)
The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by
the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to
have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire
stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent
Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture
preyed upon his liver.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Prometheus
n : (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 [syn: {Prometheus}]
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