“When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.”
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Source: Ovid's Metamorphoses: In Latin and English, Translated by the Most Eminent Hands. With Historical Explications of the Fables, Written in French by the Abbot Banier, ... Translated Into English. Adorned with Sculptures by B. Picart, and Other Able Masters
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