Legend had it that during the war between the Titans led by Zeus and Kronos, Prometheus sided with the new gods of Olympus. He won Zeus's favor and remained on Mount Olympus.
But because Prometheus brought fire to mankind, Zeus decided to inflict the harshest punishment upon him. Hephaestus dared not defy Zeus's command. Together with two servants, he took Prometheus to the Caucasus Mountains and bound him to a steep cliff with an unbreakable iron chain. He was never allowed to sleep, his weary knees could never bend, and a diamond nail was driven into his heaving chest.
Zeus also sent an eagle to peck out Prometheus's liver every day, until Hercules happened to pass by while searching for the Golden Fleece. Seeing this, he shot the divine eagle dead with an arrow, smashed the iron chain with a stone, and rescued him.
In Ancient Greece, the liver was believed to be the seat of human emotion. Prometheus's liver was eaten away by the eagle during the day, but grew back at night.
What did that symbolize? Did he regret bringing fire to mankind, or was Zeus unlike what he had imagined—not any kinder than Kronos?
Pomona stubbed out her cigarette and decided to go to the headmaster's office to ask in person rather than listen to messages passed along by others.
Yet when she pushed open the door, she saw Peeves passing through the dungeon corridor. He seemed very happy, singing all the way.
"Paul" had left. He had been waiting for Barnaby and the others to graduate; he had not liked this school of magic in the slightest.
Pomona likewise had not reported the existence of such a dangerous puppet to the Ministry of Magic. Even when he stayed in the chimney, he had merely knocked on