A recent blog mentioned the Norse giant god Loki who, like the Titan Prometheus, was chained to a rock for punishment by the head of the gods. Although Loki sometimes helps, that isn't his salient characteristic. Helpfulness may be Prometheus' most noticeable trait, at least when it comes to humans, but to me there seems to be something not quite noble about defying Zeus for the safe of defiance. Prometheus is generally credited with bringing fire to man and for arranging it so that when men make sacrifices to the gods they get to eat the meat and only have to burn the bones. The last straw as far as Zeus was concerned -- the action that led to Prometheus' enchainment was Prometheus' failure to warn Zeus that the son of Thetis (who turned out to be Achilles) was fated to be greater than his father. Since Zeus was interested in Thetis at the time, the narrow escape must have terrified him, especially after the high-handed way he'd treated his father, Cronus, and Cronus his own father, Uranus.
Read the article on Prometheus.
Rise of the Olympians - Uranus' Revenge
Was Prometheus noble or do you think he had more in common with Loki than just a shared punishment?
Chained Prometheus image © Clipart.com.
Comments
I think he was noble in his actions,but pretty foolish to challenge Zeus.But then again he could be noble for that,too;)