Passage Pictures
Prometheus is one of the many gods of Grook mythology
Prometheus was a losser god under the more powerful god
Jupiter. This excerpt is a retelling of the story of Prometheus
bringing fire to humans.
Excerpt from "Prometheus,
The Friend of Man"
Translated and Edited
by Logan Marshall
Many, many centuries ago there lived two
brothers, Prometheus or Forethought, and
Epimetheus or Afterthought....
Prometheus... did not care for idle life among
the gods on Mount Olympus. Instead he
preferred to spend his time on the earth,
helping men to find easier and better ways of
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Based on the Passage, why might gold be a
symbolically appropriate material for the
sculpture of Prometheus in Picture 1?
Prometheus was known to be the god of gold.
The time of Saturn's rule was golden and good.
By bringing fire, Prometheus brought the Age of
Gold to mankind.
Both gold and human beings were flexible and
changeable.