- 1. n. 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. Source: opted
- 2. 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. Source: webster
- 3. The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled bythe poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to haveformed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen fromheaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheusto Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver. Source: adambom
- 4. 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 Source: ecdict
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