The Myth of Prometheus

According to the story, before the creation of humans what happened between the Gods of Olympia and the Titans?

• A great battle

• A peace treaty

• Darkness ruled until there was light

• An unsettling exchange of goods

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What are "Titans" in Ancient Greek Mythology?

• A race of giants -

  children of Uranus (Heaven) & Gaea (Earth)

• The incarnation of human progress and civilization

• Prophets and Forrunners

• Spirits that usher souls into the next world

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Prometheus' name means what?

• Foresight

• Godlike

• Doom Bringer

• Poetic Creative

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Who was Prometheus' brother?

• Zeus

• Epimetheus

• Hephaistos

• Dionysos

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What did Prometheus persuade his brother (fellow Titan) to do?

• Fight on the side of the Gods against the Titans

• Steal fire from Mt. Olympus

• Teach the humans how to use fire

• Go back into the Underworld to save the other Titans

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As a reward for fighting with the gods against their fellow Titans Zeus entrusted the brothers with what?

• The task of creating all living things

• The task of creating harvest and fire

• The task of creating the water and heavens

• The task of creating sleep, wonder, and the afterlife

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As punishment, Prometheus:

• Was chained to a rock and his liver was eaten by a bird, every day, for all eternity.

• Was sent to Tartarys for all eternity

• Was turned into a human

• Was sentenced to death

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Epimetheus was to....?

• Distribute the gifts of the gods among the creatures.

• Create the waterways and land.

• Create flying, crawling, and creatures of the sea.

• Stop the destruction of humanity.

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Prometheus shaped

the first humans out of what?

• mud

• fire

• bone

• water

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Zeus deemed humans subservient creatures vulnerable to the elements who would worship the inhabitants

of Mount Olympus from below. He deemed humans be dependent on the gods for what?

• Protection

• Information

• Knowledge

• Sacrifice

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