Sunday 25 June 2023

STATUE OF GREEK TITAN PROMETHEUS IN SOCHI, RUSSIA


 At Sochi National park, there is a mountain road which leads to Orliniye skalythe Eagle Rocks. There, the visitor can admire the statue of the Greek Titan Prometheus, breaking free from Ηis chains . The statue was placed here in 1998, to mark the place local legend maintains is the very spot Prometheus suffered His torments. It is believed that the Greek God Zeus nailed Prometheus to these very rocks to punish Him for granting fire to humans. Local legends also speak about a local girl named Agura, who tried to ease the sufferings of the bound God, by secretly providing Him with water. She did this until she herself was turned into a raging river at the foot of the rock.  To this day. mountain eagles, the same kind of bird that feasted on Prometheus' liver,  make their nests here up.


Photo credit: TASS/Victor Klyushkin
Edited from: Russia  Beyond

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