Prometheus

I posted a couple of pictures of the titan Prometheus way back when the short story version of Cover Him with Darkness came out, because I've subsumed it into the backstory:


But hell, I think it's time for some more! Escpecially for those of you who want to see a man tied up and menaced in High Art, for a change.

Briton Rivière (1840-1920), Prometheus, 1889

Harold Parker (1873-1962): Prometheus
Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637) Prometheus Francesco Foschi - Prometeo incatenato in cime innevate del Caucaso Jacob Jordaens - Prometheus Bound (1640)
Christian Griepenkerl (1839-1916): Prometheus tortured by the Eagle
Nicolas-Sébastien Adam, 1762
 I took this one in a gallery in Palermo - sorry, no idea who the painter is!



There are probably hundreds more out there in the world - it is an extremely popular subject.  I can recommend Paintings Of The Torture Of Prometheus Where It Actually Looks Like The Eagle Assigned To Tear Out His Liver Is His New Boyfriend 
(thank you Jo!)