Demogorgon
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Demogorgon is a deity or demon associated with the underworld. Although often ascribed to Greek mythology, the name probably arises from an unknown copyist's misreading of a commentary by a fourth-cen
Late 16th-century Demogorgon woodcut by Hendrick Goltzius
Prometheus Unbound (Shelley)
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Prometheus Unbound is a four-act lyrical drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley, first published in 1820. It is concerned with the torments of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus, who defies the gods and
Demogorgon
…the "demigorgon [sic]" of the ship's "heathen crew" (see ch. XXXVIII, paragraph 2). Demogorgon also appears as a character in Percy Bysshe Shelley's Prometheus Unbound. In this lyrical drama, Demogorgon is the offspring of Jupiter and Thetis who eventually dethrones Jupiter. It is never mentioned whether Demogorgon…
Joseph Severn, Posthumous Portrait of Shelley Writing Prometheus Unbound (1845).
Percy Bysshe Shelley by Alfred Clint