Prometheus The scope and character of Prometheus' transgressions against Zeus are also widened. In addition to giving humanity fire, Prometheus claims to have taught them the arts of civilization, such as writing, mathematics, agriculture, medicine, and science. The Titan's greatest benefaction for humanity seems to have been saving them from complete destruction. In an apparent twist on the myth of the so-called Five Ages of Man found in Hesiod's "Works and Days" (wherein Cronus and, later, Zeus created and destroyed five successive races of humanity), Prometheus asserts that Zeus had wanted to obliterate the human race, but that he somehow stopped
The Race for Space (album) seems frightfully, stiflingly high-concept." He commented on the band's departure form the rock-centric sounds of "Inform-Educate-Entertain" to a more electronic sound, relating the band's move to the album's opening track, with John F. Kennedy's speech for "change and challenge". He also further praised the album's mood tonal shifts, and concluded the review by stating, "["The Race for Space"] is richly entertaining, immersive and evocative, orchestrated with fastidious care and feeling." In an extremely positive review for "State", Phil Udell praised the album, and its space race theme, as giving the band's sound "a new dimension". He comments lightly on "The