(n) (Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him
n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to have forethought for. ] (Class. Myth.) The son of Iapetus (one of the Titans) and Clymene, fabled by the poets to have surpassed all mankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. theurgia, Gr. qeoyrgi`a, fr. qeoyrgo`s doing the works of God; qeo`s God + 'e`rgon work: cf. F. théurgie. See Theism, and Work. ] 1. A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic. [ 1913 Webster ]
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