Prometheus stole fire back from Zeus in a
fennel stalk and restored it to humanity. This further enraged Zeus, who sent the first woman to live with humanity (
Pandora, not explicitly mentioned). The woman, a "shy maiden", was fashioned by
Hephaestus out of clay and Athena helped to adorn her properly. Hesiod writes, "From her is the race of women and female kind: of her is the deadly race and tribe of women who live amongst mortal men to their great trouble, no helpmeets in hateful poverty, but only in wealth". For his crimes, Prometheus was punished by Zeus, who bound him with chains and sent an eagle to eat Prometheus's immortal liver every day, which then grew back every night. Years later, the Greek hero
Heracles, with Zeus's permission, killed the eagle and freed Prometheus from this torment.