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Surname 1 Name Professor Class Date Script of the Interview with Prometheus In the Theogony, Prometheus is depicted as a trickster. He tricked Zeus into picking bones for his sacrifices. “Prometheus covered flesh and innards rich in fat with the ox's stomach and set them down wrapped in the hide. For them, he covered the ox's white bones with shining fat and, well arranging them for his cunning trick, set them down” (Hesiod, Theogony 540). Prometheus has the gift of foresight. It is possible he already knew what Zeus would pick. “With both hands, he took the white fat, and grew angry around his breast, and bitter bile entered his mind when he saw the ox's white bones in a cunning trick” (Hesiod, Theogony 555). This document contains a script of an interview with Prometheus. What crime did you commit to deserve such a horrible punishment? It all began with the war between the Titans and Zeus. I was born a Titan, but when I tried to help them, they refused my guile and decided to employ force instead. Then, I offered my guile to the Olympian god, Zeus. I practically won him the war, enabling him to imprison the titan gods in the Tartarus. Zeus, punished me because like every tyrant, he must distrust his friends. His plan was to destroy all humanity, but I stood on humanity's side. I gave humanity hope and fire. I do not consider what I did sin against anyone, not even the gods. I did so willingly, and therefore, I cannot renounce my action. Being a tyrant, Zeus consider ...
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