In Greek mythology, Prometheus, or Prometheas is the Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from the gods. Prometheus may also mean:
Astronomy
- Prometheus (moon), the moon of Saturn
- 1809 Prometheus, an asteroid.
- Prometheus (volcano), an active volcano on Jupiter's satellite Io
- Prometheus Mesa, a mesa on Jupiter's satellite Io
Technology
- Project Prometheus, NASA's nuclear propulsion program
- Prometheus (vehicle), an EU project to develop an autonomous vehicle
- Prometheus, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive
- The Prometheus System, a liver dialysis system by Fresenius Medical Care AG
- USS Prometheus
Arts
Poetry and Fiction
- Prometheus Bound − Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, a play
- Prometheus (Byron), a poem by Lord Byron
- Prometheus (Goethe), a poem by Goethe
- The Modern Prometheus, alternative title to Frankenstein
- Promethidion- Cyprian Kamil Norwid, a poem on Greek dialogue
- Prometheus Unbound − Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1819, a play with poetic dialogue
- Prometheus − Thomas Kibble Hervey, 1832, a poem
- Prometheus − Tony Harrison, 1998, a feature film with poetic dialogue linking the myth to industrial decline
- Prometheus (comics), the DC Comics supervillain
- Prometheus is a member of the Pantheon, a fictional group from Marvel Comics.
- Prometheus and Bob, a claymation show on the Nickelodeon show KaBlam!
- Prometheus class starship, a fictional attack vessel from Star Trek
- Prometheus (Stargate), a fictional vessel in Stargate SG-1, first seen in the episode Prometheus
- The Prometheus Award is an award given for libertarian science fiction.
Visual arts
- Prometheus, a mural at Pomona College, California, painted by José Clemente Orozco
Music
- Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise, the last full-length released by black metal band Emperor
- Benji Vaughan, a British psychedelic trance musician
- Prometheus − Ludwig van Beethoven, Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, op. 43
- Prometheus − Franz Liszt, Symphonic Poem No. 5
- Prometheus: Poem of Fire − Alexander Scriabin, 1910, an orchestral poem
- Prometheus Unbound − Granville Bantock, 1933, a work for brass band
- Prometheus − Carl Orff, 1968, an opera
- Prometheus − Luigi Nono, 1992, the "Prometeo" Suite
- Prometheus − Jean-Pierre Nouvel, 2004, a symphonic poem
- Prometheus (art song) − Franz Schubert, 1819, an art song
- Prometheus Bound - Charles-Valentin Alkan, Grande Sonate: Les Quatres Ages, fourth movement (50 Ans)
Publishing House
- Prometheus Books − a secular humanist publishing house founded in 1969 by Paul Kurtz
Games
- Promethean: The Created, a game published by White Wolf, Inc Game studios
- Prometheus, a video game character from Mega Man ZX series.
Other
- The Prometheus Radio Project helps create participatory media by assisting civil society groups in building community radio stations.
- Prometheus (tree), the name given to the oldest tree ever known, a 5000 yr old Bristlecone Pine
- Prometheism, a Polish project to weaken Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union
- The Prometheus Society, a High-IQ society.
- Prometheus Camp, Humanist coming of age summer camps in Finland, organised by the Prometheus Camp Association
- American Prometheus, a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin which received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize.
