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Noun: Prometheus  pru'meetheeus
  1. (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

Type of: Titan

Encyclopedia: Prometheus Prometheus, Poem of Fire

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