The most significant narratives of his origin appear in the "Theogony" of Hesiod which relates Prometheus as being wcient sources are selective in which of these narrative elements they chose by their own preferences to honor and support, and which ones they chose to exclude.
The most significant narratives of his origin appear in the "Theogony" of Hesiod which relates Prometheus as being the son of the Titan Iapetus by Clymene, one of the Oceanids. For the greater part, the pre-Athenian ancient sources are selective in which of these narrative elements they chose by their own preferences to honor and support, and which ones they chose to exclude.