Promethean: New or creative in a daring way. (Like stealing fire from the gods.)
Promothean:
Promethean stole fire from the Gods. His punishment was a renewal of each day exactly as the last day was played, some famous words on the punishment:
Vex not his ghost: O, let him pass! he hates him much
That would upon the rack of this tough world
Stretch him out longer.
King Lear, 5. 3 William ShakespeareThat would upon the rack of this tough world
Stretch him out longer.
Phil: When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.
Groundhogs Day, 1993
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