遵照朱庇特的命令，普罗米修斯创造了人和其他动物。其中，只有人是理性的生灵，朱庇特看到不理性的动物数量远远超过了人，便命令他更改一下比例，把一部分动物变成人。普罗米修斯奉命行事。因此，正是这个原因，有些人虽然有着人的外形，内心却仍与动物一样。
【普罗米修斯与造人的故事寓意】
普罗米修斯与造人这篇寓言故事告诉了我们：人与人是不同的，每一个人的内心也是不一样的。
【普罗米修斯与造人的英文版】
At the bidding of Jupiter, Prometheus set about the creation of Man and the other animals. Jupiter, seeing that Mankind, the only rational creatures, were far outnumbered by the irrational beasts, bade him redress the balance by turning some of the latter into men. Prometheus did as he was bidden, and this is the reason why some people have the forms of men but the souls of beasts.