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 Prometheus was the son of the titan Iapetus, the God of Mortality and Clymene, and father of Deucalion.
Prometheus received the order from the Gods to populate the Earth and to endow mankind with powers and gifts. He created man out of the elements of earth and water and then stole wisdom from Athena and fire from Hephaestus to give them both to human race for its use.
Zeus doomed Prometheus for his disrespect towards the gods and, unlike his brother Atlas who was cast to the West, Prometheus was sent east to the Caucasus Mountains. There he was chained fiercely to a rock, having an eagle tearing with its talons at his liver every day. In the end, Prometheus was rescued by Heracles who shot the eagle and brought Prometheus back to Mount Olympus.
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