Did Hercules save Prometheus?
For his crimes, Prometheus is punished by Zeus who bound him with chains, and sent an eagle to eat Prometheus’ immortal liver every day, which then grew back every night. Years later, the Greek hero Heracles, with Zeus’ permission, killed the eagle and freed Prometheus from this torment (521–529).Click to see full answer. Also to…
For his crimes, Prometheus is punished by Zeus who bound him with chains, and sent an eagle to eat Prometheus’ immortal liver every day, which then grew back every night. Years later, the Greek hero Heracles, with Zeus’ permission, killed the eagle and freed Prometheus from this torment (521–529).Click to see full answer. Also to know is, who helped Hercules on his journey?As part of his sentence, Hercules had to perform twelve Labors, feats so difficult that they seemed impossible. Fortunately, Hercules had the help of Hermes and Athena, sympathetic deities who showed up when he really needed help. By the end of these Labors, Hercules was, without a doubt, Greece’s greatest hero.Additionally, how did Hercules kill Ladon? Heracles would secretly enter the Garden of the Hesperides, but having already faced, and killed many monsters, Ladon was a relatively simple opponent, for Heracles took up his bow and arrow, and simply killed the dragon with a poisoned arrow. Similarly, who helped Hercules get the golden apples? Eurystheus commanded Hercules to bring him golden apples which belonged to Zeus, king of the gods. Hera had given these apples to Zeus as a wedding gift, so surely this task was impossible.How did Prometheus help Zeus?In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus had a reputation as being something of a clever trickster and he famously gave the human race the gift of fire and the skill of metalwork, an action for which he was punished by Zeus, who ensured everyday that an eagle ate the liver of the Titan as he was helplessly chained to a
