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Prometheus, son of the Titan Iapetus, outwitted Jupiter, stealing fire from heaven, etc. Jupiter, in revenge, caused Vulcan to chain him to a rock in the Caucasus, where an eagle or vulture preyed on his liver daily. See Æsch. Prometheus. Compare, "Prometheus tied to Caucasus," Titus Andronicus, act II. scene i.—ED.