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单词 prometheus
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Pro•me•the•us  (prə mēthē əs, -thyo̅o̅s),USA pronunciation n. [Class. Myth.]
  1. Classics, Mythologya Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Prometheus /prəˈmiːθɪəs/ n
  1. a Titan, who stole fire from Olympus to give to mankind and in punishment was chained to a rock, where an eagle tore at his liver until Hercules freed him
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