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Prometheus, whose name means forethought, first appears in Greek mythology in Hesiod's epic poem Theogony, in the 7th century BC. He was the son of Iapetus and Clymene, and brother to Atlas, Menoetius, and Epimetheus. The story of Prometheus, curiously, involves mortals, although Hesiod makes no attempt in his poem to explain why they were created or by whom. During the war between the Titans and Olympians, Prometheus was among the few Titans that sided with the Olympians. It was believed that Prometheus created humans, but he did so without permission from Zeus, therefore Zeus never cared for humans. It was only because of Prometheus that the humans were able to survive, but this caring by Prometheus would go to far and Zeus would end up punishing both humans and Prometheus.
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