The myth of Prometheus - Iseult Gillespie
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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded\n\nView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-myth-of-prometheus-iseult-gillespie\n\nBefore the creation of humanity, the Greek gods won a great battle against a race of giants called the Titans. Most Titans were destroyed or driven to the eternal hell of Tartarus. But the Titan Prometheus, whose name means foresight, persuaded his brother Epimetheus to fight with him on the side of the Gods. Iseult Gillespie shares the myth of Prometheus.\n\nLesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Léa Krawczyk.\n\nThank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible.\nYalda A., Susan Herder, Andrew Bosco, Craig Sheldon, Javier Aldavaz, Bruno Pinho, Rishi Pasham, Nick Johnson, Alex Kongkeo, Levi Cook, Peter Koebel, Misaki Sato, Runarm, Maxi Kobi Einy, Ilya Bondarik, Darren Toh, Bozhidar Karaargirov, Boytsov Ilya, Marc Veale, Rodrigo Carballo, Humberto A OjedaGomez, Daniel Day, SookKwan Loong, Jhuval, Nik Maier.