mortals ;
Prometheus
himself was put in chains, Rhod.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
30.
; Schol.
ad Od.
xi.
325.
) (L.
S.
)
of the head of Medusa But according to the com- PROMACHORMA (IIpouaxópua), i. e. “the
mon tradition, Proetus, when expelled from Argos, protectress of the bay," was a surname of Athena,
fied to Jobates or Amphianax in Lycia, and mar- under which she had a sanctuary on mount Bu-
ried his daughter Anteia or Stheneboea (Hom. I. porthmos near Hermione. (Paus. ii
. 34. & 9. ) [L. S. )
vi. 160; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 630, &c. ; comp. PRO'MACHUS (IIpouaxos). 1. One of the
Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. vi. 48). Jobates, thereupon, Epigoni, was a son of Parthenopaeus. (Apollod.
restored Proetus to his kingdom by armed force. ii. 7. 82; Paus. X. 10. § 4. )
Tirynth was taken and fortified by the Cyclopes 2. A son of Aeson, was killed by Pelias. (Apol-
(Schol ad Eurip. Orest. 953; Paus. ii. 16. & 4), I lod. i. 9. § 7; comp. PELIAS. )
25. )
a
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1
3. A son of Alegenor, a Boeotian, fought in the fame (Hes. Theog. 521, &c. , Op. et Dies, 47, &c. ;
Trojan war. (Hom. Il. xiv. 475. )
Hygin. Poet. Astr. ii, 15; Apollod. ii. 5. $ 11).
4. A son of Heracles and brother of Echephron. Prometheus had cautioned his brother Epimetheus
(Paus. viii. 42. $ 2; comp. EchEPHRON. ) against accepting any present from Zeus, but Epi-
5. The name Promachus, that is, “ the champion," metheus, disregarding the advice, accepted Pandora,
also occurs as a surname of Heracles at Thebes who was sent to him by Zeus, through the media-
(Paus. ix. 11. & 2), and of Hermes at Tanagra (ix. tion of Hermes. Pandora then lifted the lid of the
22. & 2).
(L. S. ) vessel in which the foresight of Prometheus had
PROMA'THIDES (Ipoua018ns), of Heraclein, concealed all the evils which might torment mortals
wrote a work entitled 'Hulauboi, which treated of in life. Diseases and sufferings of every kind now
mythological subjects (Athen. vii. p. 296, b. ). Be- issued forth, but deceitful hope alone remained be-
sides this work, which must have been in poetry, hind (Hes. Op. et Dies, 83, &c. ; comp. Horat.
Promathides also wrote other works in prose, Carm. i. 3. 25, &c. ). This is an outline of the
among which was one on the history of his native legend about Prometheus, as contained in the poems
town. Athenaeus quotes his account of the cup of of Hesiod. Aeschylus, in his trilogy Prometheus,
Nestor (Athen. xi. p. 489, b. ; Schol. ad Apoll. added various new features to it, for, according to
Rhod. i. 1126, ii. 815, 847, 913, 931 ; Steph. Byz. him, Prometheus himself is an immortal god, the
s. v. ráados). Promathides is placed by Passow a friend of the human race, the giver of fire, the
little before the time of Augustus. (Vossius, de inventor of the useful arts, an omniscient seer, an
Hist. Graec. p. 492, ed. Westermann. )
heroic sufferer, who is overcome by the superior
PROMETHEUS (Ipoundeús), is sometimes power of Zeus, but will not bend his inflexible
called a Titan, though in reality he did not belong mind. Although he himself belonged to the Titans,
to the Titans, but was only a son of the Titan he is nevertheless represented as having assisted
Iapetus (whence he is designated by the patronymic Zeus against the Titans (Prom. 218), and he is
'lanetiovions, Hes. Theog. 528 ; Apollon Rhod. further said to have opened the head of Zeus when
iii. 1087), by Clymene, so that he was a brother the latter gave birth to Athena (Apollod. i. 3. & 6).
of Atlas, Menoetius, and Epimetheus (Hes. Theog. But when Zeus succeeded to the kingdom of
507). His name signifies " forethought," as that heaven, and wanted to extirpate the whole race of
of his brother Epimetheus denotes “afterthought. " man, the place of which he proposed to give to quite
Others call Prometheus a son of Themis (Aeschyl. a new race of beings, Prometheus prevented the
Prom. 18), or of Uranus and Clymene, or of the execution of the scheme, and saved the human race
Titan Eurymedon and Hera (Potter, Comment. ad from destruction (Prom. 228, 233). He deprived
Lyc. Cass. 1283; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 987). By them of their knowledge of the future, and gave
Pandora, Hesione, or Axiothea, he is said to have them hope instead (248, &c. ). He further taught
been the father of Deucalion (Aesch. Prom. 560 ; them the use of fire, made them acquainted with
Tzetz. ad Lyc. 1283 ; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. i. architecture, astronomy, mathematics, the art of
1086), by Pyrrha or Clymene he begot Hellen writing, the treatment of domestic animals, naviga-
(and according to some also Deucalion ; Schol. ad tion, medicine, the art of prophecy, working in
Apollon. I. c. ; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. ix. 68), and by metal, and all the other arts (252, 445, &c. , 480,
Celaeno he was the father of Lycus and Chimareus &c. ). But, as in all these things he had acted con-
(Tzetz. ad. Lyc. 132, 219), while Herodotus (iv. trary to the will of Zeus, the latter ordered He.
45) calls his wife Asia. The following is an out- phaestus to chain him to a rock in Scythia, which
line of the legends related of him by the ancients. was done in the presence of Cratos and Bia, two
Once in the reign of Zeus, when gods and men ministers of Zeus. In Scythia he was visited by
were disputing with one another at Mecone (after the Oceanides ; lo also came to him, and he fore
wards Sicyon, Schol. ad Pind. Nem. ix. 123), told her the wanderings and sufferings which were
Prometheus, with a view to deceive Zeus and rival | yet in store for her, as well as her final relief (703,
him in prudence, cut up a bull and divided it into &c. ). Hermes then likewise appears, and desires
two parts: he wrapped up the best parts and the him to make known a prophecy which was of great
intestines in the skin, and at the top he placed the importance to Zeus, for Prometheus knew that by
stomach, which is one of the worst parts, while the a certain woman Zeus would beget a son, who was
second heap consisted of the bones covered with to dethrone his father, and Zeus wanted to have a
fat. When Zeus pointed out to him how badly he more accurate knowledge of this decree of fate.
had made the division, Prometheus desired him to But Prometheus steadfastly refused to reveal the
choose, but Zeus, in his anger, and seeing through decree of fate, whereupon Zeus, by a thunderbolt,
the stratagem of Prometheus, chose the heap of sent Prometheus, together with the rock to which
bones covered with the fat. The father of the he was chained, into Tartarus (Horat. Carm. ii. 18,
gods avenged himself by withholding fire from 35). After the lapse of a long time, Prometheus
mortals, but Prometheus stole it in a hollow tube returned to the upper world, to endure a fresh
(ferula, vápont, Aeschyl. Prom. 110). Zeus now, course of suffering, for he was now fastened to
in order to punish men, caused Hephaestus to mount Caucasus, and tormented by an eagle, which
mould a virgin, Pandora, of earth, whom Athena every day, or every third day, devoured his liver,
adorned with all the charms calculated to entice which was restored again in the night (Apollon.
mortals ; Prometheus himself was put in chains, Rhod. ii. 1247, &c. iii. 853 ; Strab. xv. p. 688 ;
and fastened to a pillar, where an eagle sent by Philostr. Vit. Apoll. ii. 3; Hygin. Poel. Astr. ii.
Zeus consumed in the daytime his liver, which, 15 ; Aeschyl. Prom. 1015, &c. ). This state of
in every succeeding night, was restored again. suffering was to last until some other god, of his
Prometheus was thus exposed to perpetual torture,'| own accord, should take his place, and descend
but Heracles killed the eagle and delivered the into Tartarus for him (Prom. 1025). This came
sufferer, with the consent of Zeus, who thus had to pass when Cheiron, who had been incurably
an opportunity of allowing his son to gain immortal wounded by an arrow of Heracles, desired to go
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into Hades ; and Zeus allowed him to supply the He was the father of Lycurgus and Amphithea
place of Prometheus (Apollod. ii. 5. § 4 ; comp. (Apollod. i. 7. § 13). According to some traditions
CHEIRON). According to others, however, Zeus the Nemean games were instituted in honour of
himself delivered Prometheus, when at length the Pronax. (Aelian, V. I. iv. 5; comp. Paus. iji.
Titan was prevailed upon to reveal to Zeus the 18. $ 7. )
(L. S. )
decree of fate, that, if he should become by Thetis PRONOE (Tipovón), the name of three mythical
the father of a son, that son should deprive bim of personages, one a Nereid (Hes. Thcog. 261), the
the sovereignty. (Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. vi. 42 ; second a daughter of Phorbas, and mother of
A pollod. iii
. 13. § 5; Hygin. Fab. 54 ; comp. Pleuron and Calydon, by Aetolus (Apollod. i. 7. $
Aeschyl. Prom. 167, &c. 376. )
7), and the third a Naiad. (Conon, 2. ) (L. S. )
There was also an account, stating that Pro- PRO’NOMUS (Ipóvouos), of Thebes, the son of
metheus had created men out of earth and water, Oenindas, was one of the most distinguished auletic
at the very beginning of the human mce, or after musicians of Greece at the time of the Pelopon-
the flood of Deucalion, when Zeus is said to have ncsian Wrr (Epigr. Incert. 212, Brunck, Anal. vol.
ordered him and Athena to make men out of the iii. p. 194). He was the instructor of Alcibiades
mud, and the winds to breathe life into them in flute-playing. (Ath. iv. p. 184, d. ) He in-
(Apollod. i. 7. § 1; Ov. Met. i. 81 ; Etym. Mag. vented a new sort of flute, the compass of which
s. v. Ipoundeus). Prometheus is said to have given was such, that melodies could be played upon it in
to men something of all the qualities possessed by all the three modes of music, the Dorian, the Phry-
the other animals (Horat. Carm. i. 16. 13). The gian, and the Lydian, for each of which, before
kind of earth out of which Prometheus formed men this invention, a separate flute had been necessary.
was shown in later times near Panopeus in Phocis (Paus. ix. 12. § 4. 8. 5, 6; Ath. xiv. p. 631, e. )
(Paus. x. 4. § 3), and it was at his suggestion that One very celebrated composition of his was a Delian
Deucalion, when the flood approached, built a ship, prosodia (that is, a prelude to be played as the
and carried into it provisions, that he and Pyrrha sacred embassy to Delos approached the temple),
might be able to support themselves during the which he made for the people of Chalcis in Euboea
calamity (Apollod. i. 7. & 2). Prometheus, in the (Paus. l. c. ). His melodies were brought forward,
legend, often appears in connection with Athena, in competition with those of Sacadas, the Argive,
e. g. , he is said to have been punished on mount in the musical contests which formed a part of the
Caucasus for the criminal love he entertained for festivities celebrated at the foundation of Messene
her (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 1249); and he is by Epaminondas (Paus. iv. 27. $ 4. 8. 7). Another
further said, with her assistance, to have ascended proof of the high esteem in which he was held by
into heaven, and there secretly to have lighted his his fellow-citizens was afforded by their erection
torch at the chariot of Helios, in order to bring of his statue near that of Epaminondas, in the
down the fire to man (Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. vi. 42). temple of Apollo Spodius, at Thebes (Paus. ix. 12.
At Athens Prometheus had a sanctuary in the $ 4. s. 5, 6). He is mentioned once by Aris-
Academy, from whence a torch-race took place in tophanes (Eccles. 102, comp. Schol. and Suid. s. v. );
honour of him (Paus. i. 30. § 2 ; Schol. ad Soph. but only to hang a jest on his long beard. (Fabric.
Oed. Col. 55 ; Harpocrat. s. 0. autás). The Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. p. 136 ; Ulrici, Gesch. d. Hellen.
mythus of Prometheus is most minutely discussed Dichtk. vol. ii. p. 76 ; Bode, Gesch. d. Hellen. Dichtk.
by Welcker, in his Aeschylische Trilogie Prometheus, vol. ii. pt. i. pp. 43, n. 3, 207, 314, pt. ii. pp. 192,
Darmstadt, 1824; by Völcker, Mythologie des Iapet. 236, 351. )
[P. S. )
Geschlechtes, 1824 ; and with especial reference to PRONOUS (Ipovoos). 1. A son of Phegeus,
the Prometheus of Aeschylus, by Schoemann, Des and brother of Agenor in Psophis, slew Alcmaeon.
Aeschylus Gefesselter Prometheus, Greifswald, 1844, (Apollod. iii. 7. $ 6; comp. AGENOR and Alc-
and by Blackie, in the Class. Mus. vol. 5. p.
of the head of Medusa But according to the com- PROMACHORMA (IIpouaxópua), i. e. “the
mon tradition, Proetus, when expelled from Argos, protectress of the bay," was a surname of Athena,
fied to Jobates or Amphianax in Lycia, and mar- under which she had a sanctuary on mount Bu-
ried his daughter Anteia or Stheneboea (Hom. I. porthmos near Hermione. (Paus. ii
. 34. & 9. ) [L. S. )
vi. 160; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 630, &c. ; comp. PRO'MACHUS (IIpouaxos). 1. One of the
Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. vi. 48). Jobates, thereupon, Epigoni, was a son of Parthenopaeus. (Apollod.
restored Proetus to his kingdom by armed force. ii. 7. 82; Paus. X. 10. § 4. )
Tirynth was taken and fortified by the Cyclopes 2. A son of Aeson, was killed by Pelias. (Apol-
(Schol ad Eurip. Orest. 953; Paus. ii. 16. & 4), I lod. i. 9. § 7; comp. PELIAS. )
25. )
a
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PROMETHEUS.
66
1
3. A son of Alegenor, a Boeotian, fought in the fame (Hes. Theog. 521, &c. , Op. et Dies, 47, &c. ;
Trojan war. (Hom. Il. xiv. 475. )
Hygin. Poet. Astr. ii, 15; Apollod. ii. 5. $ 11).
4. A son of Heracles and brother of Echephron. Prometheus had cautioned his brother Epimetheus
(Paus. viii. 42. $ 2; comp. EchEPHRON. ) against accepting any present from Zeus, but Epi-
5. The name Promachus, that is, “ the champion," metheus, disregarding the advice, accepted Pandora,
also occurs as a surname of Heracles at Thebes who was sent to him by Zeus, through the media-
(Paus. ix. 11. & 2), and of Hermes at Tanagra (ix. tion of Hermes. Pandora then lifted the lid of the
22. & 2).
(L. S. ) vessel in which the foresight of Prometheus had
PROMA'THIDES (Ipoua018ns), of Heraclein, concealed all the evils which might torment mortals
wrote a work entitled 'Hulauboi, which treated of in life. Diseases and sufferings of every kind now
mythological subjects (Athen. vii. p. 296, b. ). Be- issued forth, but deceitful hope alone remained be-
sides this work, which must have been in poetry, hind (Hes. Op. et Dies, 83, &c. ; comp. Horat.
Promathides also wrote other works in prose, Carm. i. 3. 25, &c. ). This is an outline of the
among which was one on the history of his native legend about Prometheus, as contained in the poems
town. Athenaeus quotes his account of the cup of of Hesiod. Aeschylus, in his trilogy Prometheus,
Nestor (Athen. xi. p. 489, b. ; Schol. ad Apoll. added various new features to it, for, according to
Rhod. i. 1126, ii. 815, 847, 913, 931 ; Steph. Byz. him, Prometheus himself is an immortal god, the
s. v. ráados). Promathides is placed by Passow a friend of the human race, the giver of fire, the
little before the time of Augustus. (Vossius, de inventor of the useful arts, an omniscient seer, an
Hist. Graec. p. 492, ed. Westermann. )
heroic sufferer, who is overcome by the superior
PROMETHEUS (Ipoundeús), is sometimes power of Zeus, but will not bend his inflexible
called a Titan, though in reality he did not belong mind. Although he himself belonged to the Titans,
to the Titans, but was only a son of the Titan he is nevertheless represented as having assisted
Iapetus (whence he is designated by the patronymic Zeus against the Titans (Prom. 218), and he is
'lanetiovions, Hes. Theog. 528 ; Apollon Rhod. further said to have opened the head of Zeus when
iii. 1087), by Clymene, so that he was a brother the latter gave birth to Athena (Apollod. i. 3. & 6).
of Atlas, Menoetius, and Epimetheus (Hes. Theog. But when Zeus succeeded to the kingdom of
507). His name signifies " forethought," as that heaven, and wanted to extirpate the whole race of
of his brother Epimetheus denotes “afterthought. " man, the place of which he proposed to give to quite
Others call Prometheus a son of Themis (Aeschyl. a new race of beings, Prometheus prevented the
Prom. 18), or of Uranus and Clymene, or of the execution of the scheme, and saved the human race
Titan Eurymedon and Hera (Potter, Comment. ad from destruction (Prom. 228, 233). He deprived
Lyc. Cass. 1283; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 987). By them of their knowledge of the future, and gave
Pandora, Hesione, or Axiothea, he is said to have them hope instead (248, &c. ). He further taught
been the father of Deucalion (Aesch. Prom. 560 ; them the use of fire, made them acquainted with
Tzetz. ad Lyc. 1283 ; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. i. architecture, astronomy, mathematics, the art of
1086), by Pyrrha or Clymene he begot Hellen writing, the treatment of domestic animals, naviga-
(and according to some also Deucalion ; Schol. ad tion, medicine, the art of prophecy, working in
Apollon. I. c. ; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. ix. 68), and by metal, and all the other arts (252, 445, &c. , 480,
Celaeno he was the father of Lycus and Chimareus &c. ). But, as in all these things he had acted con-
(Tzetz. ad. Lyc. 132, 219), while Herodotus (iv. trary to the will of Zeus, the latter ordered He.
45) calls his wife Asia. The following is an out- phaestus to chain him to a rock in Scythia, which
line of the legends related of him by the ancients. was done in the presence of Cratos and Bia, two
Once in the reign of Zeus, when gods and men ministers of Zeus. In Scythia he was visited by
were disputing with one another at Mecone (after the Oceanides ; lo also came to him, and he fore
wards Sicyon, Schol. ad Pind. Nem. ix. 123), told her the wanderings and sufferings which were
Prometheus, with a view to deceive Zeus and rival | yet in store for her, as well as her final relief (703,
him in prudence, cut up a bull and divided it into &c. ). Hermes then likewise appears, and desires
two parts: he wrapped up the best parts and the him to make known a prophecy which was of great
intestines in the skin, and at the top he placed the importance to Zeus, for Prometheus knew that by
stomach, which is one of the worst parts, while the a certain woman Zeus would beget a son, who was
second heap consisted of the bones covered with to dethrone his father, and Zeus wanted to have a
fat. When Zeus pointed out to him how badly he more accurate knowledge of this decree of fate.
had made the division, Prometheus desired him to But Prometheus steadfastly refused to reveal the
choose, but Zeus, in his anger, and seeing through decree of fate, whereupon Zeus, by a thunderbolt,
the stratagem of Prometheus, chose the heap of sent Prometheus, together with the rock to which
bones covered with the fat. The father of the he was chained, into Tartarus (Horat. Carm. ii. 18,
gods avenged himself by withholding fire from 35). After the lapse of a long time, Prometheus
mortals, but Prometheus stole it in a hollow tube returned to the upper world, to endure a fresh
(ferula, vápont, Aeschyl. Prom. 110). Zeus now, course of suffering, for he was now fastened to
in order to punish men, caused Hephaestus to mount Caucasus, and tormented by an eagle, which
mould a virgin, Pandora, of earth, whom Athena every day, or every third day, devoured his liver,
adorned with all the charms calculated to entice which was restored again in the night (Apollon.
mortals ; Prometheus himself was put in chains, Rhod. ii. 1247, &c. iii. 853 ; Strab. xv. p. 688 ;
and fastened to a pillar, where an eagle sent by Philostr. Vit. Apoll. ii. 3; Hygin. Poel. Astr. ii.
Zeus consumed in the daytime his liver, which, 15 ; Aeschyl. Prom. 1015, &c. ). This state of
in every succeeding night, was restored again. suffering was to last until some other god, of his
Prometheus was thus exposed to perpetual torture,'| own accord, should take his place, and descend
but Heracles killed the eagle and delivered the into Tartarus for him (Prom. 1025). This came
sufferer, with the consent of Zeus, who thus had to pass when Cheiron, who had been incurably
an opportunity of allowing his son to gain immortal wounded by an arrow of Heracles, desired to go
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PROPERTIUS.
545
into Hades ; and Zeus allowed him to supply the He was the father of Lycurgus and Amphithea
place of Prometheus (Apollod. ii. 5. § 4 ; comp. (Apollod. i. 7. § 13). According to some traditions
CHEIRON). According to others, however, Zeus the Nemean games were instituted in honour of
himself delivered Prometheus, when at length the Pronax. (Aelian, V. I. iv. 5; comp. Paus. iji.
Titan was prevailed upon to reveal to Zeus the 18. $ 7. )
(L. S. )
decree of fate, that, if he should become by Thetis PRONOE (Tipovón), the name of three mythical
the father of a son, that son should deprive bim of personages, one a Nereid (Hes. Thcog. 261), the
the sovereignty. (Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. vi. 42 ; second a daughter of Phorbas, and mother of
A pollod. iii
. 13. § 5; Hygin. Fab. 54 ; comp. Pleuron and Calydon, by Aetolus (Apollod. i. 7. $
Aeschyl. Prom. 167, &c. 376. )
7), and the third a Naiad. (Conon, 2. ) (L. S. )
There was also an account, stating that Pro- PRO’NOMUS (Ipóvouos), of Thebes, the son of
metheus had created men out of earth and water, Oenindas, was one of the most distinguished auletic
at the very beginning of the human mce, or after musicians of Greece at the time of the Pelopon-
the flood of Deucalion, when Zeus is said to have ncsian Wrr (Epigr. Incert. 212, Brunck, Anal. vol.
ordered him and Athena to make men out of the iii. p. 194). He was the instructor of Alcibiades
mud, and the winds to breathe life into them in flute-playing. (Ath. iv. p. 184, d. ) He in-
(Apollod. i. 7. § 1; Ov. Met. i. 81 ; Etym. Mag. vented a new sort of flute, the compass of which
s. v. Ipoundeus). Prometheus is said to have given was such, that melodies could be played upon it in
to men something of all the qualities possessed by all the three modes of music, the Dorian, the Phry-
the other animals (Horat. Carm. i. 16. 13). The gian, and the Lydian, for each of which, before
kind of earth out of which Prometheus formed men this invention, a separate flute had been necessary.
was shown in later times near Panopeus in Phocis (Paus. ix. 12. § 4. 8. 5, 6; Ath. xiv. p. 631, e. )
(Paus. x. 4. § 3), and it was at his suggestion that One very celebrated composition of his was a Delian
Deucalion, when the flood approached, built a ship, prosodia (that is, a prelude to be played as the
and carried into it provisions, that he and Pyrrha sacred embassy to Delos approached the temple),
might be able to support themselves during the which he made for the people of Chalcis in Euboea
calamity (Apollod. i. 7. & 2). Prometheus, in the (Paus. l. c. ). His melodies were brought forward,
legend, often appears in connection with Athena, in competition with those of Sacadas, the Argive,
e. g. , he is said to have been punished on mount in the musical contests which formed a part of the
Caucasus for the criminal love he entertained for festivities celebrated at the foundation of Messene
her (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 1249); and he is by Epaminondas (Paus. iv. 27. $ 4. 8. 7). Another
further said, with her assistance, to have ascended proof of the high esteem in which he was held by
into heaven, and there secretly to have lighted his his fellow-citizens was afforded by their erection
torch at the chariot of Helios, in order to bring of his statue near that of Epaminondas, in the
down the fire to man (Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. vi. 42). temple of Apollo Spodius, at Thebes (Paus. ix. 12.
At Athens Prometheus had a sanctuary in the $ 4. s. 5, 6). He is mentioned once by Aris-
Academy, from whence a torch-race took place in tophanes (Eccles. 102, comp. Schol. and Suid. s. v. );
honour of him (Paus. i. 30. § 2 ; Schol. ad Soph. but only to hang a jest on his long beard. (Fabric.
Oed. Col. 55 ; Harpocrat. s. 0. autás). The Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. p. 136 ; Ulrici, Gesch. d. Hellen.
mythus of Prometheus is most minutely discussed Dichtk. vol. ii. p. 76 ; Bode, Gesch. d. Hellen. Dichtk.
by Welcker, in his Aeschylische Trilogie Prometheus, vol. ii. pt. i. pp. 43, n. 3, 207, 314, pt. ii. pp. 192,
Darmstadt, 1824; by Völcker, Mythologie des Iapet. 236, 351. )
[P. S. )
Geschlechtes, 1824 ; and with especial reference to PRONOUS (Ipovoos). 1. A son of Phegeus,
the Prometheus of Aeschylus, by Schoemann, Des and brother of Agenor in Psophis, slew Alcmaeon.
Aeschylus Gefesselter Prometheus, Greifswald, 1844, (Apollod. iii. 7. $ 6; comp. AGENOR and Alc-
and by Blackie, in the Class. Mus. vol. 5. p.
