Prometheus in popular culture

Sculpture of Prometheus in front of the GE Building at Rockefeller Center, New York City

The figure of Prometheus from classical mythology has appeared in many examples of popular culture in the 20th and 21st centuries.

In painting

In landscape painting

In sculpture


Television and film

Fiction

Cartoons and comics

Gaming

Music

Science

Prometheus by Theodoor Rombouts (1597–1637)

The myth of Prometheus, with its theme of invention and discovery, has been used in science-related names and as a metaphor for scientific progress.

See also

References

  1. "Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚PROMETHEUS╩". Animator.ru. Retrieved 2012-05-18.
  2. Prometheus Society website.
  3. See arguments for the ancient Greeks' knowledge of liver regeneration in Chen T and Chen P (1994), Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 87(12): 754-755.
  4. LSJ entry ἠπάομαι meaning mend, repair
  5. A counterargument is provided by Power C and Rasko J (2008). "Whither Prometheus' Liver? Greek Myth and the Science of Regeneration". Annals of Internal Medicine 149(6): 421-426.

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