Prometheus was never the coward: he chose to brave Zeus' onslaught alone as long as he could, before being inevitably defeated by Zeus' superior might. So what was the secret Prometheus was protecting: a secret for which Zeus will go to any length to wrest from the obstinate Titan?

Teaching among mankind, Zeus plans to revenge himself on the wily Titan: freeing Prometheus' brother from Tartaros to unwittingly abet him in his purpose. But Prometheus' own suspicions are immediately aroused: for what good ever came to mankind out of the spite of Zeus?

Prometheus had long been mankind's benefactor: pitying the hardness of their lot upon the earth. After bequeathing men the gift of fire from heaven: what now must he do to ensure the Olympian gods don't despoil mankind?

Prometheus remembers ages long past - when the earth was successively peopled by different races of men: the Golden, the Silver, the Bronze, and the Demi-gods. So why does the Titan love so well the current generation of men: those belonging to a degenerate race of Iron?

Prometheus - chained fast to the rocks in the Caucasus - recalls earlier years, when he fought alongside his brothers against the newly ascendent gods of Olympus. The war was long and doubtful, the combatants being equally matched: so what caused Prometheus finally to change sides?