ID: 901001956 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001956	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Torture of Prometheus (Greek narrative)

Note: One of two principal legends related by the Greek poet Hesiod; Zeus had been tricked by Prometheus into accepting the bones and fat of sacrifice instead of the meat, so he hid fire from mortals. Prometheus, however, stole it and returned it to Earth once again. Hesiod relates that, as vengeance on Prometheus, Zeus had him nailed to a mountain in the Caucasus and sent an eagle to eat his immortal liver, which constantly replenished itself; Prometheus was depicted in the play called "Prometheus Bound" by Aeschylus, who made him not only the bringer of fire and civilization to mortals but also their preserver, giving them all the arts and sciences as well as the means of survival.

Names:

	Torture of Prometheus (Greek narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	De foltering van Prometheus (Greek narrative) (Dutch,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek narratives> (P)
		............Torture of Prometheus (Greek narrative) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Prometheus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Prometheus (Greek deity)) [901000734]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Torture of Prometheus (Greek narrative)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) impled in 91E46 suffering, misfortune of Prometheus
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	De foltering van Prometheus (Greek narrative)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/361876
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Prometheus," accessed 10 July 2017
	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10104/attributed-to-konnakis-painter-gnathian-bell-krater-south-italian-gnathian-about-360-350-bc/