In classic Greek mythology, Prometheus, son of the Titan Iapetus and god of forethought and crafty counsel, was entrusted (alongside Athena) with the moulding of mankind out of mud and wind. He is ...

Alien director Ridley Scott talks to Des Sampson about going back to the future in Prometheus, a movie which both predates and updates his sci-fi classic. When Ridley Scott unleashed Alien, in 1979, ...

In his 65 years on display in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the mythical Titan Prometheus has endured bondage in chains with a massive eagle yanking at his liver in spectacular style. The ...

THE MYTH OF THE DRAMA. IN many a detail the meaning of the Prometheus Unbound eludes us; yet in great outlines it may be traced. Shelley takes as his starting-point the old story of Prometheus as ...

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 ...

A features writer at Collider, Shreejit hails from a country known for its unabashed love for its cinema. During his postgrad in Journalism, Shreejit discovered his love for film analysis through his ...

The theme of creation through sacrifice runs core throughout the movie. There are many sequences that suggest that the Engineers view the creation of life through sacrifice and death as the natural ...