An antique Russian book Prometheus by Vyacheslav Ivanov. Alkomost Publishing House, St. Petersburg, 1919. In the tragedy, the writer reinterprets the ancient myth about one of the titans of ancient Greek mythology, the king of the Scythians, the protector of people, who gave them fire Prometheus. Author Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov, 1866 to 1949, Russian symbolist poet, philosopher, translator, playwright, literary critic, Doctor of Philology, representative of the Silver Age of Russian literature. Antique Russian Books And Bibliophilic Collectibles.