He called in to Zeus's episode and the line went dead. This time he came in person.

Prometheus, the Titan who stole fire for humanity, answers for the side he chose in the war on the Titans, the trick at Mekone, the fire in a fennel stalk, and the secret that could have brought Zeus down. Then Pandora calls in to collect on the price of fire.

Was Prometheus humanity's friend, or Zeus's rival using humanity as the weapon?

Chapters
I didn't lose
The caller takes the chair
Forethought and Afterthought
Switching sides
Mekone
Fire
Pandora calls in
The rock, Io and the secret
Prometheus in the modern world
Rapid-fire
The verdict

What the myths actually say

• "I never betrayed my kin." He went over to Zeus, and by his counsel Kronos was sent to Tartarus (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 199–223).
• "Zeus fell for the trick at Mekone." Hesiod says Zeus saw through it and chose the bones anyway (Theogony 550–552).
• "Pandora had nothing to do with me." She was made "as the price of fire" (Theogony 570; Works and Days 57–58).
• "I never traded the secret." In Hyginus, he warns Zeus about Thetis in exchange for his release (Fabulae 54).
• "Heracles freed me, nothing more." Chiron gave up his immortality in his place (Apollodorus 2.5.4, 2.5.11).
• "A curious woman opened a box." It was a jar, and Hesiod gives no motive (Works and Days 90–105).

Sources: Hesiod (Theogony, Works and Days), Aeschylus (Prometheus Bound), Pindar (Isthmian 8), Apollodorus (Library), Hyginus (Fabulae), Ovid (Metamorphoses), Pausanias.

Cast: Julian H. Cross · Prometheus · Call-in: Pandora

Content note: torture and war, named honestly and never graphically.

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