Prometheus

"You have advanced to the Classical Age through the Influence of Prometheus."
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Prometheus is an Atlantean Classical Age minor god in Age of Mythology. He is available to worshipers of Kronos and Oranos.

Attributes

God Power

Name	Description
Valor	Turns one human unit into a hero and heals it fully.

Technology

Name	Description
Heart of the Titans	Promoting human units to heroes takes -75% time.
Alluvial Clay	Prometheans have +20% hit points, spawn another offspring on death.

Myth Unit

Name	Description
Promethean	Men of clay that divide into several smaller versions when they die.

Gameplay

Prometheus is a minor god who helps the player to create more heroes, and is therefore a good choice of minor god for players whose enemies are focusing on myth units. His Heart of the Titans technology reduces the amount of food, wood and gold needed to transform units into heroes by 20%. Furthermore, his God Power, Valor, turns a small number of human units into Heroes instantly. Creating heroes is expensive, and these two benefits greatly reduce the amount of resources needed. Prometheus' Myth Unit is the Promethean, a man made of clay that is cheap, has a fair crush attack, and divides in two when killed.

His focus synergizes nicely with Hyperion's Heroic Renewal, adding hit point regeneration to the benefits of transforming units into heroes. He is especially a worthwhile consideration for Kronos worshipers, who otherwise lack access to healing effects. This also technically turns Valor into the closest thing to a healing god power available to the Atlanteans.

Mythology

"The son of the Titan Iapetus, Prometheus shaped humankind out of water and clay (and Athena breathed life into the forms). After siding with Zeus against the Titans, he tricked the king of the gods into taking animal bones as sacrifices, leaving the good meat for humans. In spite, Zeus removed fire from the world, bringing great suffering to all. To relieve the people that he had created, Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it back to the world. In retaliation, a furious Zeus sentenced Prometheus to be chained to a rock for eternity, while an eagle tore out his liver (which grew back each night) daily. Eventually, the hero Heracles took pity on Prometheus and, with Zeus' permission, slew the eagle and unchained Prometheus."
In-game compendium

Trivia

The in-game help section said that his father is named Lapetus. In the actual mythology, his father's name was Iapetus. This has been corrected in Retold.
In the generally accepted Greek mythos, Prometheus was not actually sent to Tartarus. He assisted Zeus in the Titanomachy, and was accordingly allowed to remain free until he stole fire from the gods to give to the humans. Prometheus's imprisonment in-game is mentioned as being a punishment for aiding Poseidon's attempts to free Kronos in the Fall of the Trident campaign.
His artwork in Retold depicts him gifting the fire stolen from Olympus to humanity, here represented by Prometheans.