He was cast into the bowels of the Earth and pecked by birds.
Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. One in particular – the story of Prometheus – is explained haphazardly by a friendly turret you meet, travelling along a conveyor belt towards certain doom in the incinerator: There are many stories, dealing with many different themes. The Titans, the Gods, the heroes, it’s all there. There’s something magical about mythology particularly the Greek variety. At first, it may seem that this alleged mythological back story is obviously just Valve’s way of adding more to the game than there actually is – but it soon becomes so much more than just that. What you can expect is an explanation of how that beneath the surface layer of Aperture Laboratories, there is so much more.Īnd no, I’m not meaning the gels and new puzzles.įirstly, I’ve came to the realisation, from playing the game several times, reading between all of those glorious little lines more than any normal person should and looking at speculation spread across the internet, that Portal 2 has a lot more to do with Greek Mythology than you’d think.