Prometheus
0 sources
Summary
Prometheus is a titan[1]. He draws 37,777 Wikipedia views per month (titan category, ranking #3 of 25).[2]
Key Facts
- Place of burial: Argos, Peloponnese[3], supposed tomb of Prometheus in Argos[4]
- Father: Iapetos[5]
- Mother: Themis[6], Klymene[7], Asia[8]
- Spouse: Pronoia[9], Celaeno[10], Axiothea[11], Klymene[12]
- Child: Deucalion[13], Thebe[14], Chimaereus[15], Lycus[16], Aidos[17], Hellen[18], Aetnaeus son of Prometheus[19]
- Sex or gender: male[20]
- Commons category: Prometheus[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Prometheus[22]
- Worshipped by: Greek mythology[23]
- From narrative universe: Greek mythology[24]
- Depicted by: Prometheus Hall[25]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], The New Student's Reference Work[33], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[34], Pauly–Wissowa[35]
- Present in work: Small Moral Works[36], Prometheus Bound[37]
- Name in native language: Προμηθεύς[38]
- Different from: Prometheus[39]
- Sibling: Epimetheus[40], Menoetius[41], Atlas[42]
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Prometheus include he[43], a remarkable tree[44], in United States[45]; promethium[46], a chemical element[47]; American Prometheus[48], a written work[49], founded in 2005[50], written by Kai Bird[51]; Prometheism[52], a policy[53], in Second Polish Republic[54]; and Prométhée[55].
Why It Matters
Prometheus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] He is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for him include he[43], a remarkable tree[44], in United States[45]; promethium[46], a chemical element[47]; American Prometheus[48], a written work[49], founded in 2005[50], written by Kai Bird[51]; and Prometheism[52], a policy[53], in Second Polish Republic[54].
FAQs
Who were Prometheus's parents?
Prometheus's father was Iapetos[5]. Prometheus's mother was Themis[6].
Who was Prometheus married to?
Prometheus's spouses include Pronoia[9], Celaeno[10], Axiothea[11], and Klymene[12].