In ancient Greek civilization, there is the myth of Prometheus, a Titan living on Mount Olympus, who saw that human beings were without fire. His stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humankind is taken henceforth by the Greeks as the beginning of civilization, not only in cooking and in the weaving of textiles, but in philosophy, science, drama, and in culture itself. But the important point is that Zeus was outraged. He decreed that Prometheus he punished by being bound to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture was to come each morning and eat away his liver which would grow again at night.
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