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Quotation from The Library (Bibliotheca) by Apollodorus (attributed)
“Prometheus moulded men out of water and earth and gave them also fire, which, unknown to Zeus, he had hidden in a stalk of fennel.”
The Library (Bibliotheca), Book I.7.1, trans. Sir James George Frazer (1921)
The Library's brief account of the making of men and the theft of fire, followed by Prometheus's punishment on the Caucasus.
Citation: "Prometheus moulded men out of water and earth and gave them also fire, which, unknown to Zeus, he had hidden in a stalk of fennel." — Apollodorus (attributed), The Library (Bibliotheca), Book I.7.1, trans. Sir James George Frazer (1921). (id apollodorus-library-q2)
Portrait: Bibliotheke des Apollodor, Title page of an 1805 edition of the Bibliotheca, Public domain.
