![[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures of a day--to you, thief of fire, I speak.](/assets/img/quote-photos/hermes-addresses-prometheus-to-you-the-clever-and-crafty-bitter-beyond-all.jpg)
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