Before heroes like Heracles walked the earth, one Titan changed humanity forever. Prometheus defied Zeus, stole fire from Olympus, and gave mankind knowledge, survival, and power. But his rebellion ...

On the beach near Carrara, Italy, not far from where his body was washed ashore in July, 1822, a colossal monument will be erected to the poet Shelley. It is to be a figure of Prometheus, exceeding ...