In classic Greek mythology, Prometheus, son of the Titan Iapetus and god of forethought and crafty counsel, was entrusted (alongside Athena) with the moulding of mankind out of mud and wind. He is ...

Prometheus is also a powerful figure in Greek mythology -- you didn’t miss that day of school, did you? According to legend, Prometheus was a Greek deity who was witness to the birth of humankind.

In the movie "Prometheus," a sci-fi thriller and prequel to "Alien," moviegoers may be wondering about the meaning of the name. The story focuses on a galactic ship called "Prometheus," which is ...

In Greek mythology, Prometheus is one of the Titans and a god of fire, who defied the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology and knowledge. ...

A private spaceship being proposed by a commercial space company in Virginia to carry astronauts has been given a name steeped in mythology: Prometheus.

In Charlie Covell's Greek mythology-based series, Prometheus gives you a one-liner introduction to each figure and location, but the show's not Greek Mythology 101 by any means — there's ...

More than three decades ago Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic Alien introduced moviegoers to a menacing, insectlike, parasitoid extraterrestrial species. The film's sequels and spinoffs over ...

In Greek mythology, Ariadne is in love with a man named Theseus, whom she helps slay her half-brother. Theseus then deserts her, and eventually, Ariadne winds up marrying the god Dionysus.

With so many characters in Greek mythology to choose from, Yohalem explains that the ones in Immortals Fenyx Rising are those he definitely wanted to use in the story. However, there will be more ...