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Prometheus —— a hero Group members Brief introduction Prometheus is a god in Greek mythology ． He was a Titan.But in the war between Zeus the giants he had stood on the side of the new Olympiangods． Heroic deeds Out of the clay he made the first man，and Athena gave him soul and holy breath． Spent a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire．And fire raised man above all animals ．（使人类成为万物之灵。） Managed to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down to men． His behavior infuriated Zeus. Zeus chained Prometheus to a rock on Mountain Caucasus，where a hungry eagle ever tore at his liver which ever grew again．His period of pain was to be thirty-thousand years． At last Heracles killed the eagle and set the friend of mankind free． Why Prometheus is a hero Let us go through Prometheus (3)  By?George Gordon Byron (乔治·戈登·拜伦 ) Thy Godlike crime was to be kind,To render with thy precepts lessThe sum of human wretchedness,And strengthen Man with his own mind;But baffled as thou wert from high,Still in thy patient energy,In the endurance, and repulseOf thine impenetrable Spirit,Which Earth and Heaven could not convulse,A mighty lesson we inherit:Thou art a symbol and a signTo Mortals of their fate and force;Like thee, Man is in part divine,A troubled stream from a pure source;And Man in portions can foreseeHis own funereal destiny;His wretchedness, and his resistance,And his sad unallied existence:To which his Spirit may opposeItself--and equal to all woes,And a firm will, and a deep sense,Which even in torture can descryIts own concenterd recompense,Triumphant where it dares defy,And making Death a Victory. Summary Prometheus is sympathetic and selfless. He has a strong sense of justice and sacrificed himself to fight for humans’ profits.His perseverence also moves lots of people. He fully deserves the honour of a hero. THE END * * *