(Προμηθεύς/Promētheús).
A. Etymology
The name P. is proper Greek and means something like 'forethinker' (from πρό- and μηθ-/μαθ-, derived from Indogermanic *mendh-/*men-, 'to think').
B. Genealogy
The Titan Iapetus is generally regarded as P.’ father and the Oceanid Clymene [1] (Hes. Theog. 507) or Gaia/Themis (Aesch. PV 3) is his mother. Occasionally, the Giant Eurymedon [1] and Hera (Euphorion…