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the modern prometheus

Zeus was not the leas bit happy with this response. As a matter of fact he was enraged that demanded a giant eagle to devour is liver organ daily after he was moved to the highest cliff found in Caucasus. It added up to even more pain and suffering seeing as his body regenerated and repaired every night. .
             Years past and there was no sign of any one of Zeus's sons attempting to take over their father's throne? Zeus eventually let up his tyrant like ore and became more of the enlightened type. He even freed others trapped in Tartar for former crimes. Prometheus on the other hand had received what he considered a gift from his creations he had been feed by a human Hercules also a son of Zeus (well half human anyway). But all of this was not before Zeus had once again attempted to bride Prometheus's freedom for the complete telling of the prophesy. When Hermes was rejected once again, Zeus sent out the titan's wife and child to advise him that things have changed so he should return to them and end happily.
             Zeus then knew whom not to impregnate. Believe it or not that goddess was Themis the one to over throw Zeus all mighty would be none other than Promethues's little brother. Sometime after Zeus and Prometheus had rejuvenated themselves into allies. Prometheus had definitely been rewarded and respected soon thereafter. He was even admitted into Olympus and treated like a god himself.
             As a mark of the whole ordeal, Prometeus wore a ring wit a tiny piece of the rock he was chained to. The reason for this is because once a god makes a vow. you better believe it's enforced for life. If it wasn't also for the help of Athena (birthed of Zeus's skull) it wouldn't have been possible.
             The Alluding Fates.
             In the advertised summary of the book (on the back cover), it states that "Frankenstein is it's father, mother, maker and living god, and Frankenstein has abandoned his own monster to a living hell of unutterable isolation.


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