If you've completed the No Hard Feelings achievement and encountered the "I'm Different" turret then you can see the comparison between GLaDOS and Prometheus. Both were cast into the bowels of the earth and pecked at by birds.
Recently this image started making rounds on the internet. It is clear that the mythological undertones in Portal 2 run far deeper than just GLaDOS and Prometheus.
Atlas, the blue co-op robot, is a clear reference to the Titan punished by having to hold the world up. P-body doesn't bear a striking resemblance to any of the Titans, but the comparison has been made to Menoetius. Wheatley resembles Epimetheus, who is clumsy and makes poor decisions. All four of these Titans were brothers.
Here's where it gets really interesting. Chell plays the role of Pandora. Pandora bears a link to Epimetheus (Wheatley) as she grants him great power, which he unwittingly uses to much destruction. This is parallel to Chell giving Wheatley control over the facility.
In chapter 6, one of the signs in the old abandoned area has a label that reads "Tartaros". Tartaros was the place where Zeus sent the Titans for punishment.
The hidden picture of Cave Johnson and Caroline has a shadowy figure hidden in the far left area of the frame. After the image was enhanced, people started claiming the strange figure was a child version of Chell. However, the figure bears a striking resemblance to a depiction of Aeschylus, who wrote the Prometheus story.
Finally, at the end of the game when Chell wanders outside after gaining her freedom, wheat fields abound. Elysium was a mythical land of reeds that served as a sort of heaven-like realm in mythology. It was set aside for heroic and virtuous beings, like Chell as she escapes from her ordeal.
What does this all mean? No one can be sure. But it is damn interesting.
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