Nicolas-Sébastien Adam - Prometheus Chained.
From Wikipedia:
In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Possibly
meaning "forethought") is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure
who is credited with the creation of humanity from clay, and who defies the
gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity as civilization. Prometheus is
known for his intelligence and as a champion of humankind and also seen as the
author of the human arts and sciences generally. He is sometimes presented as
the father of Deucalion, the hero of the flood story.
The punishment of Prometheus as a
consequence of the theft of fire is a popular subject of both ancient and
modern culture. Zeus, king of the Olympian gods, sentenced the Titan to eternal
torment for his transgression. The immortal was bound to a rock, where each day
an eagle, the emblem of Zeus, was sent to eat Prometheus' liver, which would
then grow back overnight to be eaten again the next day (in ancient Greece, the
liver was often thought to be the seat of human emotions). Prometheus was
eventually freed by the hero Heracles.
In the Western classical
tradition, Prometheus became a figure who represented human striving,
particularly the quest for scientific knowledge, and the risk of overreaching
or unintended consequences. In particular, he was regarded in the Romantic era
as embodying the lone genius whose efforts to improve human existence could
also result in tragedy: Mary Shelley, for instance, gave The Modern Prometheus
as the subtitle to her novel Frankenstein.