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|lshtext=<b>Prŏmētheus</b>: (trisyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., =[[Προμηθεύς]] (the Forethinker),<br /><b>I</b> a [[son]] of [[Iapetus]] and [[Clymene]], [[brother]] of [[Epimetheus]], and [[father]] of [[Deucalion]]. He formed men of [[clay]], and [[animated]] [[them]] by [[means]] of [[fire]] brought from [[heaven]]; for [[which]] he [[was]] fastened to [[Caucasus]], [[where]] a [[vulture]], or, as [[some]] [[say]], an [[eagle]], fed [[upon]] his [[entrails]], [[until]], at [[last]], it [[was]] [[slain]] by [[Hercules]], Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 76; Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9; Hor. C. 1, 16, 13; Ov. M. 1, 82; Hyg. Fab. 54; 144; Verg. E. 6, 42; Prop. 3, 3, 29 (4, 4, 7); Mart. 11, 85, 9; Stat. Th. 11, 478; Lact. 2, 10, 5.—Poet., transf., of a [[skilful]] [[potter]], Juv. 4, 133.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Prŏmēthēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Prometheus]], Promethean: juga, i. e. the [[Caucasus]], Prop. 1, 12, 10; also called [[rupes]], Mart. 9, 46, 3: [[fibra]], of [[Prometheus]], Val. Fl. 7, 356: [[creta]], Col. poët. 10, 59: [[lutum]], Mart. 10, 39, 4: [[cruor]], Ov. Am. 2, 16, 40: [[manus]], Stat. Th. 8, 305.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Prŏmēthĭădes, ae, m. [[patron]]., the [[son]] of [[Prometheus]], [[Deucalion]], Ov. M. 1, 390.