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Before Zeus ruled, there were Titans. Prometheus belongs to that earlier generation, a survivor of the war that placed Zeus on the throne. When the Olympians overthrow Cronos and the Titans in the Titanomachy, Prometheus does something unusual: he aids Zeus (Hesiod, Theogony 617–720). At first glance the decision appears pragmatic. The new regime isContinue reading “Prometheus”