Since 2005, Scottish publisher Canongate has undertaken an ambitious project: to have some of the world's most interesting writers retell a myth. "The Fire Gospel," by Michel Faber ("The Crimson Petal ...

Author Stephen Fry, while discussing The Odyssey, comes up with a sharp comparison: AI as Prometheus’s fire, a gift that ...

First of all, though they had eyes to see, they saw to no avail; they had ears, but they did not understand; but, just as shapes in dreams, throughout their length of days, without purpose they ...

Prometheus was a wily Titan who made the ultimate sacrifice for human progress. Greek Gods are notorious for petty squabbling, brutal punishments, and meddling in people’s love lives. But in the myth ...