The myth of Prometheus - Iseult Gillespie

Before the creation of humanity, the Greek gods won a great battle against a race of giants called the Titans. Most Titans were destroyed or driven to the eternal hell of Tartarus. But the Titan Prometheus, whose name means foresight, persuaded his brother Epimetheus to fight with him on the side of the Gods. Iseult Gillespie shares the myth of Prometheus.

Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Léa Krawczyk.

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[romaniangypsy]

Zeus:why do the humans have fire
Prometheus: whouldnt you like to know weather boy

[ethanawaao]

Poor Prometheus, he just wanted to protect his children

[johntitus]

So, let me get this straight -

- Prometheus means "Foresight"?
- He and his brother joins the Gods to defeat the Titans

- Prometheus creates humans and later gives them "Fire" (Or the means to no longer need the Gods)
- He is imprisoned and tortured
- Later he is freed by the son of the one who locked him up
- Centuries/Millennia have passed and humans almost no longer worship the Greek pantheon
- Greek Gods now seen as nothing more than myth and legend

Did this Chad just play the long game in bringing down the Greek Gods?

[_Dr_Fate]

Fun fact:when Hercules had do his 12 labors, one of them was to kill the bird that attacked prometheus every day, after Prometheus was freed, Zeus didn't imprison him again since Hercules was his son and probably reputation, so Prometheus was saved by Hercules

[brendontipene]

Screw raiding Area 51, lets save the bro Prometheus

[Death_Korps_Officer]

Let's not forget he had the power to see the future. He knew exactly what would happened to him, and yet did it anyway. Absolute mad respect for him.

[vineeth]

Can I get the location of the cliff of Prometheus.. Going to a rescue mission..who else wants to join?

[ayyybraham]

Prometheus got released when Hercules had to do his 12 labors

[aimansyahmidzulkhairy]

"wounded his pride"
More like wounded his massive ego.

[krasotabella]

0:50 🥺 he shapes that human’s face so tenderly, , ,

[juliacarpscasnotious]

Prometheus seems like the best mix between an older brother and a dad.

[smtanviralam]

Hercules unchained him later but he didn’t inform Ted-Ed!

[MattJasa]

What's interesting is the liver actually does have amazing regenerative properties. It's said you can lose up to 49% (about half of your liver) and have the entire thing grow back.

[NefeliNik]

Prometheus also had the power to see the future. Hundreds of years later, Heracles happened to meet him on his way to the 11th labor. He killed the bird and broke the chains. Prometheus helped him with the labor in return.
But when Zeus punished Prometheus, he cursed him to be chained on this rock forever and now he couldn't take his words back. He (Zeus) asked Hephaestus to make a ring using metal from the chains and put a little piece of the mountain inside. In this way Prometheus could now live free despite the curse :)

[tristanjourney]

What I find really interesting about this myth is that the ancient Greeks chose, specifically, his liver to regenerate, when we now know it’s one of the few or only organs that can entirely regenerate itself.

[anasofiapamaldeleon]

1:53 "Fuming, Zeus forbade the use of wifi on Earth".

[cosminblk]

"He shaped the first human out of mud, giving them the image of the gods"
-Sounds familiar ?

[dawsonglawe]

God: "Do this in this way."
Person: Does it in that way, but with a twist that still obeys the rules.
God: "I'm going to start torturing you now."

[jastinemontecillo]

I'm really beginning to like Zeus less and less. 😕😑

[apollon]

It was Zeu's eagle not a vulture that was eating his liver. What's interesting is that the liver is the only organ that can fully regenerate after being damaged.