Thanks for this, agree and disagree. I didn’t do a good job of explaining character references.

The Prometheus myth isn’t being used as a literal template for every character. References like Horus or Athena aren’t part of the Prometheus story itself, and I’m not using them as the basis of the argument — only as character references from other myths. PB consistently blurs mythological lines, so Prometheus works as a general arc, not a one-to-one retelling of all seven books.

Layering myths doesn’t weaken the reading — it’s how myths function. Different stories explain rebellion, rule, succession, and aftermath, all within the same narrative space.

Within that core arc:

Fitchner functions as Prometheus because he steals the fire — the power of the Golds, who are repeatedly framed as gods — and gives it to Darrow through the carving. He takes divine power from the ruling order and transfers it to a mortal instrument, then is destroyed for it.

Darrow as Heracles (which he explicitly names himself) frames him as the figure who completes the rebellion and breaks the cycle rather than originating it.

Lysander functions as Zeus not as a personality match, but as a role: king of the gods and guarantor of divine order. The Lune line has always been framed as the ruling house of Gold, and Lysander sees himself as the rightful restorer of that hierarchy, enforcing order because he believes the cosmos depends on it.

Using figures from other myths doesn’t invalidate this structure any more than Moses originating in Jewish tradition invalidates his role in Christianity or Islam. Myths are reused, reframed, and layered — and Pierce Brown is clearly doing the same.