In Ayn Rand's book, Anthem, the two main characters, Equality and Freedom, are respectfully named after two Greek gods, Prometheus and Gaea. Prometheus was the Greek god of foresight and cunning advice, and Gaea was the Greek god of the Earth and the mother of virtually all beings. Rand had her main characters choose names inspired by these mythological gods because their lives were very similar, symbolically. Prometheus was tasked by the other gods to create humanity out of clay. Once he did this, he became fond of his creations. Against the will of the other Gods, Prometheus taught humanity all the arts, such as the use of fire, knowledge of architecture, astronomy, mathematics, the art of writing, the treatment of domestic animals, navigation , medicine, the art of prophecy. , metalworking, and all other arts. Zeus, the leader of the Gods, tried to punish Prometheus for his teachings by taking away man's fire. Prometheus defied Zeus again by stealing fire and returning it to man. In another example of Promethean defiance, humanity was angry at being forced to give all good cuts of meat to the Gods as offerings. To please his creation, Prometheus tricked Zeus into choosing the least desirable parts of a cow as offerings and thus leaving the more desirable cuts for humanity to consume. Prometheus was pleased with his deception, but it infuriated Zeus. To punish him, Zeus ordered that Prometheus be chained to a rock in the pit of Tartarus and that an eagle eat his liver every day and allow Prometheus' liver to regenerate every night. Equality, one of the main characters of Anthem, lived in a collectivist society. Collec...... in the center of the card ......o is Freedom apparently inseparable from Equality. He followed Equality when he ran away, leaving everything else behind to be reunited with his love. "Do what you want, but don't send us away from you." (83) Third, Gaea is the mother of almost all gods and living beings everywhere, and Liberty will be the mother of a new race of men. Gaea and Libertà are therefore similar in the sense that they are both maternal figures and mothers of peoples. Finally, Gaea is a very suitable name for a character like Libertà. In summary, Rand asked her two main characters to choose the names Prometheus and Gaea because the lives of these Greek gods were very similar (symbolically) to the lives of the two. main characters (Equality and Freedom). Equality and Prometheus were/are bearers of knowledge and wisdom, and Liberty and Gaea were/are the mothers of all.