Why did Prometheus steal fire and give it to people? Detailed answer

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Why did Prometheus steal fire and give it to people?

Some say that people were blinded from earth and water in the image of the gods by Prometheus, and Athena breathed life into them. Others argue that people and animals were created by the gods from a mixture of fire and earth, and Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus were instructed by the gods to distribute abilities between them.

The improvident Epimetheus generously endowed the abilities of animals, leaving people defenseless. It turned out that the animals were carefully provided with everything necessary for survival, and the man was "naked and not shod, without a bed and without a weapon."

In addition, Zeus decided to starve humanity, forcing the best part of the food to be sacrificed to the gods. However, Prometheus managed to outsmart him. When the question was being decided which part of the bull should be sacrificed to the gods, and which part should be left to people, Prometheus tore off the skin from the bull and sewed two bags out of it. After butchering the carcass, he put all the flesh in one bag, covering it on top with offal - the least seductive part of any animal, and put all the bones in the second, hiding them under a thick layer of fat. Zeus, whom Prometheus offered to choose a bag, succumbed to the deception and took a bag of bones and fat, which since then were considered to belong to the gods.

Having discovered the cunning of Prometheus, Zeus decided to teach him a lesson by depriving people of fire and forcing them to "eat their flesh with raw materials." Then Prometheus stole the fire (according to one version, he took it in the smithy of Hephaestus, according to another, with the help of Athena, having risen from the back entrance to Olympus, lit a torch from a fiery solar chariot) and gave it to people. In addition, he taught people to build houses, ships, engage in crafts, wear clothes, read, write and count, distinguish between the seasons, make sacrifices to the gods and guess. But at the same time, he deprived them of the knowledge of the future (which they previously possessed), so as not to break their hearts.

At night, Zeus saw from Olympus a myriad of fires flickering on the ground and was furious. At his command, Prometheus was chained to the Caucasus Mountains. Every day a vulture eagle flew to him and tormented his liver, which grew again by the next day.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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