English Dictionary: Prometheus' | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for Prometheus' | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prometheus \Pro*me"the*us\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], from [?] to have forethought for.] (Class. Myth.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Prometheus mathematics, {AI}, and string, list and database processing. Prometheus runs on a variety of {platforms} from {Macintosh} to {MS-DOS} {Home (http://www.aard.tracor.com/Jason/Prometheus/)}. (1996-03-04) |