Prometheus and Atlas
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On the inside of a drinking cup (kylix) c. 550 B.C. from Sparta are two
unidentified figures
from Greek myth, often taken to be Prometheus, whose liver is being
eaten by an eagle, and Atlas, bent over as he holds the world on his
shoulders.
Some people believe the snake behind Atlas suggests a scene in the Underworld. These people argue that the figure next to the snake could be Sisyphos, rolling a huge rock up hill, and opposite him, Tityos, punished for raping Leto. |
