It's still alive! Prometheus, inspiring art for three millennia

From Beethoven to Ex Machina, Mary Shelley to Schubert, the 2,800-year-old myth has amazing longevity. The Aurora Orchestra celebrate its music in a concert this weekendFor the concert programmer, the myth of Prometheus – and the interlinking story of Pandora’s jar – can be a rich vein of inspiration. Its roots stretch back into deep time – at least as far as the poetry of Hesiod 2,800 years ago – and it has flourished ever since as an enduringly fertile source of i