Prometheus in popular culture

The figure of Prometheus from classical mythology has appeared in many examples of popular culture in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Television and film

Prometheus is the name of a space exploration ship and the title of a 2012 science-fiction film directed by Ridley Scott. The film's plot also involves an ancient alien race who were involved in the creation of human life.
In the science fiction TV Series Stargate_SG-1, the Prometheus is human kind's first interstellar space craft -made possible with technology stolen from the Goa'uld, a parasitic race that enslaves humanity throughout the galaxy by posing as gods.

Prometheus appears in The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan, where he is a diplomat of the antagonistic Titan Army.

In Portal 2, the tale of Prometheus is used by the oracle turret to foreshadow future events in the game. It recounts how Prometheus was cast into the depths of the earth and pecked by birds. Later, the antagonist/antihero GLaDOS is cast into the deepest levels of the Aperture Science facility and is pecked by a bird.
The game Bioshock's 12th level is called Point Prometheus.
In the game God of War II, the protagonist Kratos encounters and frees Prometheus from his eternal torment, in turn gaining the power of the Titans.
In the game Mass Effect 3 the 'Protheans' are an ancient race that are believed to have built the Citadel present in the game's lore. Some people believe the species name sounds similar to Prometheus.
In Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, Prometheus is Baofu's ultimate Persona.