Prométhée. Prometheus was the Titan who stole fire from heaven and gave it to men, for which Zeus chained him to a rock in the Caucasus. In legend and poetry he figures as the benefactor and civilizer of mankind.
pesanteur. See note on L. 305. l'antique idéal, the ancient visions, as for instance those of Isaiah and Virgil, of a golden age.
farouche, i. e. that has never been realized.
L. 473. i. e. leaving the old humanity farther and farther behind.
LA TROMPETTE DU JUGEMENT.
buccin. See note on LA CONFIANCE.
blanchissant l'absolu, i.e. lighting up infinite space.
urne, used as the symbol of Destiny. See notes on PLEIN CIEL.
L. 117. i.e. entered the immeasurable and infinite.
gehennam, another form of géhenne, closer to the Hebrew geia Hinnom, the valley of Hinnom. See note on PLEIN CIEL.