Who is prometheus father

He took a red-hot coal and hid it inside a woody fennel stalk to give to mortals. Now the mortals could cook and keep warm and they were much happier; they worshipped Prometheus as the inventor of all the arts of civilization. But when Zeus saw mankind using fire, he became furious at having been tricked once again. He ordered that Prometheus be nailed to a lonely spot in the Caucasus Mountains. But Zeus was not finished with his punishments; now he wanted to punish mankind. Zeus then had Hephaestus build a beautiful woman, named Pandora All Gifts , because each of the gods had given her a gift, and he sent her to Epimetheus.

As soon as Epimetheus saw Pandora, he knew he had to have her for his wife. But Pandora brought with her a jar not a box that was filled with evils. And once she opened her jar, all the evils flew out into the world; only hope stayed behind as a comfort for mankind.

Prometheus remained chained to the mountains until Heracles shot the eagle with his arrow and set the Titan free while on his labor to bring back the Apples of the Hesperides [see the 12 Labors of Heracles ]. Zeus allowed Heracles to free Prometheus because he held some very useful knowledge that he would only divulge once he had been freed. While Prometheus, some of his children, and even one of his brothers loomed large in the mythology, his father was mentioned far less often.

So who was the father of Prometheus, and how did he fit into the Greek creation myth? Keep reading to find out the origins of the most famous Titan of them all!

When most people refer to the Titans, they are referring to the original twelve gods of Greece. In their mythology, the Titans came before Zeus and the gods of Mount Olympus. The first gods were primordial deities. Gaia and Uranus, the earth and the heavens, gave birth to the twelve Titans. While Gaia and the other primordial deities were gods, they were much different than those who came after.

The Titans had human-like forms, specific domains of power, and complex characteristics and relationships. Prometheus, however, was not one of these first twelve Titans. The early gods went on to have more children.

After their father Uranus was overthrown, they were free to expand both their powers and their families. Some gave birth to beings much like themselves, second-generation Titans. Others had nymphs , rustic gods, or even monsters. Now Iapetos Iapetus took to wife the neat-ankled maid Klymene Clymene , daughter of Okeanos Oceanus , and went up with her into one bed.

And she bare him a stout-hearted son, Atlas : also she bare very glorious Menoitios Menoetius and clever Prometheus, full of various wiles, and scatter-brained Epimetheus.

Prometheus and his brothers belonged to the second generation of Titans. Iapetus was one of the six male Titans born to Gaia and Uranus at the dawn of time. Many myths say that the youngest of the Titans, Chronos , was alone in challenging Uranus. When Chronos castrated Uranus the other brothers, with the exception of Oceanus, held the dome of the sky aloft so Uranus could never come down and touch Gaia again.

Some early versions of Greek cosmology believed that the sky, seen as a great bronze dome, was held above the earth by four pillars. Placed at each corner of the world, the pillars ensured that the massive bronze dome could never crash down. The four Titan brothers symbolized these pillars. Standing at each of the cardinal directions, they played an important rule in ensuring that the cosmology of the Greek world functioned — that the heavens never crashed down onto the earth. Like many aspects of the Greek creation myth , there was never real agreement as to how this worked.

Some stories implied that the brothers continued holding the heavens aloft until their eventual defeat in the Titanomachy, while others said that they did so only until the pillars could be put in place. If Iapetus, Hyperion , Crius, and Coeus did hold up the sky themselves, their burden was not carried for long.

Soon, a younger generation of gods would give them a new duty. Prometheus manipulated Evelyn into betraying Oliver and joining him, as she still blamed Oliver for her parents' deaths and had become resentful after learning he was the Hood, who murdered several people she knew.

Evelyn agreed in exchange for Prometheus promising to let her watch when he finally killed Green Arrow. Recruiting Evelyn to his cause allowed Prometheus to learn the identities of every Team Arrow member, as well as information on their personal lives and loved ones.

While trying to find bank robber Eric Dunn before the elusive Vigilante did, Adrian interrogated arrested associate Laura Buser. When Buser simply told him to "go to Hell ", he gave a cold stare and replied that he'd been to Hell before slamming his hand into Buser's mask to intimidate her, causing her to give up Eric's location.

Later after Team Arrow defeated Vigilante, Prometheus met Artemis alone on a rooftop, where she assured him of not being followed and that Team Arrow didn't suspect her true allegiance. With Earth-2 Laurel grateful and agreeing to serve him, Prometheus told her vital information on Earth-One Laurel's life, informing her of the Waverider and the Legends and providing a cover story of being brought back by Sara Lance and transported to the present.

While Earth-2 Laurel was reluctant to aid him after learning that one of his targets was Quentin, he promised to spare Quentin in exchange for her compliance. Team Flash would be unaware of the breakout for almost 3 days. During Christmas , Prometheus sharpened his weapons in his hideout.

Evelyn then asked Prometheus for her to be present when he killed Oliver, but Prometheus stated that he didn't intend to kill Oliver, only to make his nemesis wish to be dead. Prometheus later attacked Curtis Holt and his husband Paul at the mayor's Christmas party, effortlessly defeating Curtis and injecting him with Dycloseral , making Oliver and Team Arrow aware that he knew their secret identities.

Prometheus managed to hold his own for a bit and showed off a technique Talia had taught them both. Suddenly, Wild Dog shot his katana out of his hand, causing Artemis to intervene and reveal their allegiance. While investigating Claybourne Pharmaceuticals, Detective Billy Malone discovered a photograph of a baby Simon , which he sent to Felicity before Prometheus captured him.

Adrian later told Oliver of Billy's abduction and insisted that the ACU have a shoot-to-kill order placed on Prometheus, which Oliver agreed to. Tracking Prometheus to the AK Desmond Group , where Oliver killed Claybourne, Green Arrow discovered that Prometheus had staged the hallways with bodies to recreate the scene of the people Oliver killed when pursuing Claybourne. He confronted Prometheus in the exact spot where Claybourne was killed. Prometheus asked whether Green Arrow had even hesitated when killing Claybourne or if his father was merely another name on The List.

Green Arrow tried to goad his opponent, stating he is here if he wanted revenge, but Prometheus replied that his crusade was about so much more than simple revenge. They engaged in a fight before crash-landing into one of the building's floors. Secretly over a wireless speaker, Prometheus taunted Green Arrow about Evelyn's betrayal and stated that he knows everything about him and is going to show everyone that everything Oliver touches dies.

Having dressed Billy in his suit beforehand, Prometheus managed to trick Green Arrow into killing Billy in order to prove his point, telling him over the wireless speaker attached to Billy that everyone Oliver loved would die. Later, Imitating Lyla Michaels 's voice, Adrian tricked John Diggle into returning to the safe-house John's family were staying in and tipped off the F.

Prometheus meeting with Black Siren. Not long after, Laurel's cover was blown, prompting her to meet up with Prometheus to discuss their next move. Prometheus was angered with her failure, to which Laurel wondered why she couldn't have just killed Team Arrow. In response, Prometheus furiously tackled the meta-human. Choking Laurel's throat tight enough to prevent her from using her sonic scream against him, Prometheus reminded Laurel that her freedom and life were contingent on following his orders.

Terrified, Black Siren agreed and fell back in line. Adrian was later called to Oliver's office and informed of John's arrest and wrongful imprisonment for illegal arms dealing of a nuclear trigger set up General J. Oliver wanted Adrian to represent John, to which Adrian was initially skeptical but agreed.

He visited John and but as Walker appeared to transport John into custody, the latter insisted to Adrian that Walker would simply falsify an excuse to kill him to cover his tracks. Adrian then tried to delay Walker with various regulations but Walker said he had the Attorney General on speed dial and threatened to have Adrian disbarred unless John was placed in his custody within 24 hours.

Encountering Ragman, Prometheus quickly knocked him out before confronting Green Arrow, which lead to another fight between the two.

Green Arrow threw a diazepam-laced dart at Prometheus before firing a cable arrow at him, hoping to restrain and capture him. Prometheus instead shrugged off the drug and reacted quick enough for the cable to wrap around his arm rather than his whole body as intended.

Breaking the cables with his sword, Prometheus told the archer he had a tolerance to the drug and they continued their fight. After seeing Felicity being confronted by Black Siren, Prometheus tauntingly asked his opponent to choose between him or Felicity, concluding the ordeal by kicking Green Arrow through a wooden wall to where Black Siren and Felicity were, before escaping as Black Siren was captured again.

Adrian asking John to punch him. To ensure John wasn't placed in prison, Adrian told John to punch him and pretended to try and fight back as the guards intervened. Adrian then reminded Walker that if a prisoner committed an offense against the district attorney within his jurisdiction, he could personally oversee the matter and reminded Walker it "could take a while".

This allowed Adrian to delay John's transportation into Walker's custody by one week. Adrian discovered from a friend at the NSA that they were investigating Walker, including his involvement with the nuke, but Walker's associates made sure the information remained classified and beyond Adrian's reach. Later, he received the NSA's case against Walker from an anonymous source Felicity and a judge pleading for a motion to dismiss, allowing him to get John released on bail.

Oliver later held a conference to make John's public and commend Adrian's actions. Susan hoped to get an exclusive on Billy's death, though Adrian said he had no comment as he'd told the other reporters.

After a gunman attacked City Hall and shot Adrian, he was taken to Starling General but quickly recovered. However, Doris became concerned about his well-being and tried unsuccessfully to convince Adrian to take some more rest instead of immediately returning to work.

After discovering the shooter as James Edlund , a man who had lost his family to a mall shooting years before, Adrian discussed people's rights to wield firearms with Oliver. Though skeptical to allow civilians to have easier access to firearms, Oliver eventually agreed with Adrian and after much discussion with Councilwoman Emily Pollard , adjusted the firearms law, allowing people better protection.

Despite this, Oliver was successful in getting Pike to stop this pursuit, to which Adrian leaked the mayor's office's role in covering up Billy's death to the media. This revelation is then broadcasted by Channel 52 , which threatened to end Oliver's administration as mayor.

Adrian offered his letter of resignation in order to take full responsibility for the cover-up, but Oliver denied his request and instead insisted that Adrian represent as a lawyer at the hearing. While Adrian agreed, he reminded Oliver that the circumstances would call for someone to take the fall. At the hearing, Adrian and Oliver watched as the coroner confessed to filing a false report on Billy's death to Councilman Collins and as Captain Pike told them of Oliver's vouching for the Green Arrow.

After the first stage of the hearing, Oliver, Thea, Quentin, and Detective Dinah Drake left for the office, though their limo is attacked by Vigilante, leaving them all injured. Adrian gave his reassurances to delay the hearing in light of the attack while making Oliver accept medical treatment, which he declined.

Adrian found Dinah discovering a broken piece of Vigilante's visor and offered to take the evidence back to the precinct.

Later, Prometheus encountered Vigilante on a rooftop presumably using the tech from the visor to locate the latter and warned him that Oliver is his to take down, but Vigilante vowed to kill him first and they came into conflict. Clearly being the superior combatant, Prometheus overpowered Vigilante and forced his opponent off the rooftop, though Vigilante somehow survived and fled.

Unmasking, Adrian then called and informed them of Vigilante's sighting. Later, Adrian talked to Pike over the various vigilante sightings and if they were simply delaying Star City's inevitable fate, though Adrian reminded him that delaying the inevitable was part of their job. As he kept Pike busy with small talk, Adrian slipped the piece of Vigilante's visor back to Dinah.

Adrian approaching Susan Williams. At Oliver's office, Adrian once again offered to take the fall for everything, which Oliver still refused to accept, though Adrian pointed out that someone needed to be discredited or Oliver would be impeached; Oliver decided to offer up the Green Arrow.

Afterward, Adrian informed Oliver that Collins has ruled against ending Oliver's administration. Oliver immensely thanked Adrian for this and Adrian reassured Oliver that he didn't do it just because Oliver was his boss, but because he was a "friend".

Later, Adrian approached Susan and said he supposedly had an exclusive, sickly joking that it is a "matter of life and death". Afterward, Adrian kidnapped and held Susan in an abandoned hotel rigged with explosives. Prometheus then filmed Susan tied to a chair and tearfully screaming in fear, as he held a knife to his captive's throat, tauntingly telling the woman to scream for him again.

Anticipating that Team Arrow would use Amanda against him as leverage, Adrian had his mother relocated and left the film of him and Susan playing on a continuous loop for Team Arrow to find. Adrian was later informed by Talia that Oliver discovered his true identity, which she had divulged to make Oliver suffer, though Adrian was glad he now finally knew.

As Adrian was in a board meeting discussing the drug trade, Oliver returned and Adrian discreetly taunted Oliver over his inability to confront him, asking if he's "been asleep this whole time". Adrian is later confronted by Green Arrow in a parking garage, who fired several arrows at his car in a failed attempt to intimidate him. Adrian was disappointed that Green Arrow wanted to arrest instead of killing him, though Green Arrow firmly stated he wasn't going to kill Adrian if only that's what he wanted to happen.

Adrian then revealed to Green Arrow he had Susan hostage, warning that if he dies or doesn't get back in time, Susan will die of starvation and dehydration, nor was he concerned with the idea of torture as it would have the same results.

Green Arrow reluctantly let Adrian go. Adrian pridefully taunted that he was 10 steps ahead of a game Green Arrow still didn't understand and laughed as he left the scene. Adrian taunting Quentin and Rene. Later, Adrian ran into Quentin and Rene also now aware and told them he liked this better with everyone knowing who he is now.

While Quentin and Rene promised to kill him, Adrian tauntingly reminded them that threatening a city official was a felony and he is only getting started with his plans.

He ordered Quentin and Rene to get back to work, leaving them powerless to do anything. Anticipating that Oliver would try to use Doris as leverage, Adrian tipped off the ESU, who arrived at his home in time and stopped Green Arrow from getting near his wife.

Adrian later attended a press conference to inform the public of Green Arrow's "attempted kidnapping" of Doris as retaliation for these recent "crimes".

Because of this, Oliver was forced to publicly order Green Arrow to be brought in within 24 hours, or the SCPD would hunt the vigilante down, but this was also a discreet threat to Adrian himself. After somehow learning that Oliver gave information on his original identity to Pike, Adrian disguised as a homeless man approached and stabbed Pike, putting the captain in a coma.

Adrian visited Pike in a hospital as Oliver arrived, promising to kill Adrian as soon as Susan was found. He taunted that one more loss may just destroy Oliver, stating that if the former died, Oliver would only really be killing himself and losing any sanity he had left. After Team Arrow finally uncovered Susan's location, Prometheus patiently waited for Green Arrow and unmasked himself, noting that he's glad that they knew as he preferred to fight him face to face.

While Green Arrow threatened to keep them inside until the entire building exploded, Adrian deactivated the bombs.

However, Adrian was caught off-guard when Spartan arrived with Doris, exposing his identity to his wife and proving Adrian really is not 10 steps ahead. After his wife's attempts to reason with him, Adrian seemingly promised Doris he will stop his crusade but instead stabbed her to protect his secret and continue his vendetta.

Green Arrow attacked him in anger and the two begin to fight. After a brutal battle that ended in a draw, Adrian told Green Arrow neither would kill the other, to which Green Arrow stated that he could kill Adrian. Just then, Talia arrived and used a tranquilizer arrow to incapacitate Green Arrow. The two kidnapped Oliver, bringing him to an unknown location. Adrian later returned to the precinct as Quentin escorted Susan in for her statement, giving his "sympathies" for Susan as Quentin threatened him again.

However, Adrian asked not to be threatened as he was in mourning since Green Arrow "killed" Doris, but Quentin and Susan swiftly saw through his lies. Adrian reminded them that he had Oliver hostage, whom he threatened to send "back in pieces" if Quentin and Susan tried anything.