The old tale ends with the liberation of Prometheus by the hero Hercules, but I believe in Lord Byron's poem, that the real hero is Prometheus himself. We are given very vivid details of his tortures for the sole purpose of seeing how much our hero endured so that the man would have the fire and justice to persevere. His portrait of Prometheus was likely inspired by the Ottoman Empire's treatment of Greece during the Greek War of Independence, when citizens revolted after years of abandoning their children to serve the sultan and conform to Islamic ideologies. The idea of ​​standing up to a vastly superior enemy like Zeus or the Ottoman Empire under difficult conditions is something I have experienced during my naval career. I experienced retaliation from officers and non-commissioned officers when I reported a sailor for assaulting, sexually harassing, and inducing suicidal thoughts among sailors who were having difficulty adjusting to an environment already difficult work. Because I was not high-ranking and not part of the nuclear program, the chain of command did everything they could to remove me and save the above-mentioned sailor from a landfill. Prometheus' ability to endure harsh conditions is what inspires people to do what is right. Standing alone in front of a crowd is never easy, but necessary. The marginalization of oppressed people is something that good individuals such as Lord Byron fight and write about and which in turn fascinates and resonates with them.