Prometheus stole fire for humans in the myth cycle linked to Pandora’s creation.
Prometheus was a Titan known for intelligence and foresight. In Greek mythology, he took fire from the gods and gave it to humanity, an act that provoked Zeus’s punishment. The Pandora story is presented by Hesiod as part of the same conflict.
Zeus responds by having Pandora created as a destructive gift for humans. Prometheus himself is later punished by being bound, with an eagle consuming his liver repeatedly until Heracles eventually frees him in later myth.
The details vary among ancient authors. Hesiod’s Works and Days emphasizes the consequences of Prometheus’s deception and theft, while Aeschylus’s Prometheus Bound presents him more strongly as a benefactor of civilization. Both traditions connect him with humanity’s possession of fire.