I first had to find them.
I was willing enough to interest myself in them—but it was to pity them.
They lived in such darkness; I invented for them certain kinds of fire, and from that moment my eagle began. And it is since that day that I have become aware that I am naked.
At these words, applause arose from various parts of the hall. All of a sudden Prometheus broke into sobs.
The eagle flapped his wings and cooed.
With an agonizing gesture Prometheus opened his waistcoat and offered his tortured liver to the bird.
The applause redoubled.
Then the eagle pirouetted three times round Prometheus, who drank a few drops of water, and continued his lecture in these words: