Prometheus And Punishment

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This tale begins in olympus, moment after Zeus ruler of olympus found out about Prometheus sin, one of the descendant of the titans. His sin was a gift to mortals the power of fire, Zeus was furious of his actions. He punished Prometheus in a inhuman way, he chained him to a rock out on the peak of mount olympus where Zeus’ eagle came every day to eat his liver. Prometheus swore on that day he will get his revenge and will be released from his punishment. Every day that passed Prometheus anger grew stronger and stronger, his life was about to change but was it for the better?

On the 130th day of his punishment a volcanic eruption occurred and from that day on there was a new goddess upon olympus, Thera the goddess of lava. Thera was born on the day Prometheus gave man fire, her powers grew stronger as Prometheus anger grew. On this day she had no control over her power and simply exploded, the only emotions she had ever felt anger on that days she learnt what sadness was. All she could hear was crying infants and the sharp cry men and women, they ran in terror of the ash cloud that brought greece into pure darkness in an instance. Then a bright light shoot up from the mountain island on the coast of crete, they watched the light explode time after time, till the first lava rock hit the coast of crete. This was not the end, Thera was scared and confused to why she was hearing voices …show more content…

Zeus made a deal with Prometheus, as many days it would take him to help her end this horrendous event would be the amount of years he would continue his punishment. Prometheus wasted no time and set off on his quest to search for something or someone that could bring joy to Thera, he searched day and night but nothing would make her happy her heart was broken an seemed to be impossible to

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