Since 2005, Scottish publisher Canongate has undertaken an ambitious project: to have some of the world's most interesting writers retell a myth. "The Fire Gospel," by Michel Faber ("The Crimson Petal ...

Author Stephen Fry, while discussing The Odyssey, comes up with a sharp comparison: AI as Prometheus’s fire, a gift that ...

First of all, though they had eyes to see, they saw to no avail; they had ears, but they did not understand; but, just as shapes in dreams, throughout their length of days, without purpose they ...

Prometheus was a wily Titan who made the ultimate sacrifice for human progress. Greek Gods are notorious for petty squabbling, brutal punishments, and meddling in people’s love lives. But in the myth ...

The story of Prometheus appears in many sources. In Greek mythology, Prometheus is an immortal giant known as a Titan. After sculpting a clay figure of a human, he ascended Mount Olympus and stole the ...