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of the fire preparation is always designated in the hieratic text by the verb "manthâmi,"[6] which means shaking, rubbing, bringing forth by rubbing. Kuhn has put this verb in connection with the Greek [Greek: mantha/nô], which means "to learn," and has explained this conceptual relationship.[7] The "tertium comparationis" might lie in the rhythm, the movement to and fro in the mind. According to Kuhn, the root "manth" or "math" must be traced from [Greek: mantha/nô] ([Greek: ma/thêma], [Greek: ma/thêsis]) to [Greek: pro-mêthe/omai] to [Greek: Promêtheu/s],^[1] who is the Greek fire-robber. Through an unauthorized Sanskrit word "pramâthyus," which comes by way of "pramantha," and which possesses the double meaning of "Rubber" and "Robber," the transition to Prometheus was effected. With that, however, the prefix "pra" caused special difficulty, so that the whole derivation was doubted by a series of authors, and was held, in part, as erroneous. On the other hand, it was pointed out that as the Thuric Zeus bore the especially interesting cognomen [Greek: Pro-mantheu/s], thus [Greek: Pro-mêtheu/s] might not be an original Indo-Germanic stem word that was related to the Sanskrit "pramantha," but might represent only a cognomen. This interpretation is supported by a gloss of Hesychius, [Greek: I)tha/s]: [Greek: o( tô~n Tita/nôn kê/ryx Promêtheu/s].^[2] Another gloss of Hesychius explains [Greek: i)thai/nomai] ([Greek: iai/nô]) as [Greek: thermai/nomai], through which [Greek: I)tha/s] attains the meaning of "the flaming one," analogous to [Greek: Ai)/thôn] or [Greek: Phlegy/as].[8] The relation of Prometheus to

1. I learn (that which is learned, knowledge; the act of learning), to take thought beforehand, to Prometheus (forethought).
2. Prometheus, the herald of the Titans.