LOL! It means Laughing Out Loud AR ADUNAKHOR, in net talk I suppose. They have many acronyms out there, but that is the one I generally use the most.
Vittek, my signature is from one of my favorite classic poems, about Prometheus (from a site I frequent):
EDIT: I forgot to answer your question! I know a bit, from what I have learned from reading, as I am an avid fan of Classical & Gothic Poetry & Literature
Son of the Titan Iapetos (and a nymph, Klymene), brother of Atlas and Epimetheus. His name means 'foresight' that of Epimetheus 'aftersight'. He is closely connected with humans, but this connection takes different forms in different authors. Hesiod's Theogony tells how he tricked Zeus into accepting the poorer portion of the meat at the 'settlement between gods and men' at Mykone, leaving the better portion of the sacrifice for the human participants. When Zeus hid fire in exchange, Prometheus stole it back. The gods' response was to create woman. Hesiod's Works and Days gives a slightly different version of the events leading to the creation of the first woman.
The story contains some potent themes. In his opposition to Zeus, Prometheus is another of the threats to his supreme authority which must be removed. The attempt to trick Zeus at a feast or sacrifice is paralleled in the stories of Tantalus and Lykaon. Prometheus' function as the provider of civilisation (in the form of fire) is made clear in his speech in Aeschylus' play, Prometheus Bound in which he tells how he taught men various arts.
Hesiod does not explain the origin of men, but in other sources Prometheus is responsible for their creation from dust or earth, e.g. Apollodoros, Bibliotheca, 1.7, Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.
Prometheus was punished for his theft of fire by being bound and having his liver pecked out by an eagle until he was rescued by Herakles. See Hesiod, Theogony; Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound; Apollodoros, Bibliotheca, 1.7, in Apollonios, the Argonauts sail past him on their way to Kolchis. As this suggests, the place of his punishment is usually in the East on Mount Kaukasos, but some authors place it in the far west while Aeschylus places it in Scythia, all of these are marginal regions.
Anyhoo, I use alot of Greek Mythology in many of the RPG's I have been involved in. At the moment, I am doing a little story (lol, not a very good writer, I do better working off other people), using characterization from a series by David Eddings.. "The Mallorean".
I miss being able to play AD&D where I live (has been many years), small town, and yes, it does get very cold up here! We can get windchills down to -62° at times.
And Thank You Salkaner!
Fury: "Blood thou canst see and fire; and canst hear groans... Worse things unheard, unseen, remain behind."
Prometheus: :"Worse?"
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