Prŏmētheus (trisyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., =Προμηθεύς (the Forethinker),
I 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,
A 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.—
B Prŏmēthĭădes , ae, m. patron. , the son of Prometheus , Deucalion , Ov. M. 1, 390.