Who is Prometheus from The Rebel and what is their importance?

Prometheus, referred to thoughout the text, was one of the Ancient Greek gods. He was a Titan and one of the ancestors of the Olympian gods. Unlike his brother gods, Prometheus sympathized with human beings and gave them the gift of fire. His brother gods, however, were angered by this gift and promptly punished him by chaining him to a rock for all eternity, where he was condemned to have his immortally regenerating liver eaten daily out of his body by a raven. The author notes that Prometheus' rebellion was undertaken in the truest, purest manifestation of the principle of rebellion - the desire to improve the lot of individuals.