Pro me the us

(pro-me'the-us.) (Myth.) The Titan son of Tapetus, who made an image in the form of man, and animated it with fire which he stole fro in heaven. He was the great friend and beneficent deity of mortals; and on that account was said to have been fixed to a rock in the Caucasus, and tormented by a vulture. The legends concerning him differ greatly. But it was generally believed that Hercules delivered him. [s. 735]