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Prometheus stole fire from the gods, and stealing from the gods makes Zeus very angry.

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Q: Why did Zeus bind Prometheus to a rock and call an eagle to eat his liver?
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Why Prometheus was chained to a rock and had his liver eaten by a bird?

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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.


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What did hera do to make Zeus hang her from the sky and bind her with gold chains?

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Who or what does Zeus hate?

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Who was put on a burning wheel in Greek mythology?

Ixion was bound to a winged, fiery wheel that was always spinning. Zeus ordered Hermes to bind Ixion to this wheel because Zeus, knowing that Ixion grew lustful for Hera, made a cloud in the shape of Hera and Ixion committed adultery with this cloud.


What is the noun form of the verb bind?

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When you bind a protocol you bind it to what?

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What is the past participle of bind?

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What is the past tense of a bind?

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