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1 Greek and Roman Mythology The Origin of Stone People

2 Prometheus ’ punishment

3 Prometheus’s prophecy about the dethroning of Zeus Thetis was courted by both Zeus and Poseidon, but she was married off to the mortal Peleus because of their fears about the prophecy by Prometheus that her son would become greater than his father.

4 The nymph Thetis and Achilles

5 Chiron as a replacement for Prometheus In one Sagittarius Mythology tale; Hercules went on a very long trip one day and needed a drink to quench his thirst. So Hercules asked a friend to open some wine that his friend kept there. The sad thing is this wine was first- class wine and it belonged to the centaurs collectively. Hercules' friend opened the wine and the perfume of the wine started to effuse in the air. All the centaurs violently galloped to the friend's home and demanded to know why the friend presumed to open the wine without asking for their permission. The centaurs set out assaulting Hercules and his friend. This turned out to be a huge misplay, because Hercules shortly fixed the issue by obliterating several of the centaurs and scaring the remainder away, as they galloped away he ordered them “never come back”.

6 Chiron as a replacement for Prometheus While, Chiron hadn't participated, he was close by and kept an eye on the whole thing. Though Hercules knew Chiron, and had a profound regard for him, from a distance he couldn't make out his ally. Lamentably, Hercules hit Chiron with a poisoned arrow, and the injury was fatal. There was no hope because the arrow was doused in the venom of the Lernaean Hydra Snake. Chiron was in outstanding pain and anguish, there was no medication that would ease the infliction. The fact was, even the gifted physician Chiron couldn't heal himself. The next problem was that Chiron was in torment but, immortal. Chiron was not able to obtain freedom from the pain with the onset of death. In such a scenario, Chiron volunteered himself as a replacement for Prometheus. Prometheus had been penalized by the gods for giving fire to humankind; His punishment was to be enchained to a giant stone. Day-after-day an eagle descended and polished off his liver, which grew once more as it got dark...only to be consumed by the eagle once again. So in essence, Chiron forfeited his eternal life so man could have use of fire.

7 Chiron as a replacement for Prometheus Hercules had been appealing to Zeus (Jupiter) for help, and Hercules agreed to supply an appropriate replacement for Prometheus, thereby setting him free. Thus, Chiron replaced Prometheus, gave up eternity, and went to Tartarus in Prometheus' stead. Zeus witnessed everything that happened and he knew how deplorable his son Hercules felt. Zeus afforded the dear Centaur a resting place in the heavens, as the constellation Sagittarius the Archer, in recognition of his benevolence and perpetuity.

8 Prometheus ’ rescue by Hercules Prometheus chained to the rock of Caucasus

9 Pyrrha and Deucalion survived from the Deluge Parnassus-the highest mount in Olympus

10 The origin of the stone people After flood, Deucalion was told to throw the bones of his mother behind his shoulder. Deucalion and Pyrrha understood the "mother" to be Gaia, and the "bones" to be rocks. The stones thrown by Pyrrha became women; those thrown by Deucalion became men.

11 The origin of the stone people


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