At
a
time
when
there
were
all
-
powerful
gods
in
the
universe
,
a
Titan
as
Prometheus
created
human
beings
out
of
.
His
brother
Epimetheus
then
gave
all
living
creatures
on
earth
different
.
Epimetheus
gave
animals
speed
,
strength
,
fur
,
and
wings
.
the
time
he
got
to
human
beings
,
however
,
he
had
run
out
of
gifts
.
To
make
up
for
their
weaker
state
,
Prometheus
them
to
stand
upright
like
the
gods
.
Kind
and
,
he
also
gave
them
fire
so
that
they
could
keep
warm
,
cook
food
,
and
make
tools
.
However
,
Prometheus's
love
humankind
brought
him
into
with
Zeus
,
the
king
of
the
Olympian
gods
.
When
the
gods
and
humans
met
at
Mecone
to
decide
on
the
of
sacrifices
humans
should
make
to
the
gods
,
Prometheus
Zeus
for
the
benefit
of
humans
.
He
slaughtered
a
bull
and
created
two
offerings
.
One
was
a
pile
of
beef
hidden
inside
a
bull's
stomach
,
and
was
a
pile
of
bones
covered
in
shiny
fat
.
He
then
asked
Zeus
to
choose
.
The
king
of
the
gods
chose
the
second
one
,
believing
there
must
be
juicy
meat
underneath
the
fat
,
but
he
ended
up
with
nothing
but
bones
.
As
a
result
,
from
that
day
on
,
humans
would
keep
the
meat
for
themselves
and
burn
animal
bones
as
an
offering
to
the
gods
.
Angry
about
being
tricked
,
Zeus
took
fire
away
from
humankind
.
it
,
humans
began
to
starve
and
freeze
.
to
make
tools
or
weapons
,
they
had
to
live
in
caves
and
often
wild
beasts
.
Prometheus
saw
how
miserable
they
were
and
decided
to
help
.
He
took
a
stalk
of
fennel
and
lit
its
hollow
center
with
fire
that
he
had
stolen
from
the
sun
.
Then
,
he
gave
humans
this
stalk
with
the
fire
inside
it
.
Furious
about
Prometheus's
theft
,
Zeus
punished
the
Titan
by
him
to
a
place
far
to
the
East
.
There
,
Prometheus
was
chained
to
a
rock
,
and
an
eagle
sent
by
Zeus
Prometheus's
liver
.
Though
his
liver
kept
growing
back
,
the
eagle
would
return
every
day
to
it
again
,
torturing
Prometheus
until
the
end
of
time
.
his
sacrifice
and
love
for
humans
,
Prometheus
,
gift
of
fire
thus
set
the
stage
for
human
civilization
,
be
known
in
later
centuries
as
"
The
Champion
of
Humankind
.
"
Crear