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Prometheus

Prometheus
FIGURE 1.1. Peter_Paul Rubens, Prometheus Bound, early seventeenth century. The Prometheus myth is an archetype of the dangers, as well as the temptations, of usurping divine creativity and knowledge. Philadelphia Museum of Art / Art Resource, New York

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I am Prometheus under the vulture’s beak,
Man, the discoverer of the undying Fire,
In the flame he kindled burning like a moth;
I am the seeker who can never find,
I am the fighter who can never win,
I am the runner who never touched his goal;
Hell tortures me with the edges of my thought,
Heaven tortures me with the splendour of my dreams. ||122.26||

~ "Savithri" ~ Sri Aurobindo

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 Dinesh
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. . . Shaftesburry’s (Third Earl of Shaftesbury) claim was bolder than that of the Renaissance humanists, for if Prometheus was “just,” he had committed no crime; in stealing from the gods, he had taken what was rightfully his. The creative flame belonged to man, seizing it was a heroic act. Men of genius, like God the Father, now created for themselves. ~ Page 91

A HISTORY of GENIUS ~ DIVINE FURY
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Eventually, after battling it out ith the Titans, Zeus and Hera came to rule over ten senior gods on Mount Olympus. There they consumed nectar and ambrosia and interfered in the affairs of mankind, not always to its benefit. It was Prometheus, a Titan not a god, who gave us fire. Zeus was so angry that he chained him to a rock, his liver to be daily pecked by an eagle. ~ Page 7

THE SHORTEST HISTOFY OF GREECE
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Prometheus performed some sleight of hand. Given the task of dividing meat into a portion for the gods and one for mortals, he hides the meat beneath the ox’s stomach and offers it to Zeus, and arranges the bones for men under the piece of glistering fat. Zeus complains that his portion looks the least appetizing and Prometheus explains that Zeus has first pick, so should choose whichever portion he prefers. The king of the gods made his choice and only afterwards sees that he has been deceived, mortals get the good stuff and the gods are stuck with a pile of bones. ~ Pag 11
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