Associations to the word «Prometheus»

Wiktionary

PROMETHEUS, proper noun. A male given name
PROMETHEUS, proper noun. (Greek god) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
PROMETHEUS, proper noun. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

Dictionary definition

PROMETHEUS, noun. (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.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley