Some Men got made with parts of beasts.
Babrius Translation (Prometheus and Mankind)
Prometheus erst, when Jove the order spake,
Proceeded men and brutes, ’tis said, to make.
But when Jove saw that beasts outnumbered men,
He bade him mix some of the brutes again,
And fashion them into the human mould.
The brutes into a lump Prometheus rolled,
And form’d men of it, e’en as Jove desired.
But, as for those so moulded, it transpired
That in the change they gained a human shape,
Yet did not from their earlier mind escape;
But kept that to the end, which they began
By sharing with the brutes and not with man.
How do you think an AI might simplify this fable? Here is one answer, and the illustration above was made from this simplification:
The Beastly Men
Long ago, Prometheus was told by Jupiter (also called Jove) to create both animals and humans. Prometheus did as he was told. But when Jupiter saw that there were more beasts than people, he gave a new command: take some of the beasts and turn them into humans. Prometheus obeyed. He took parts of animals and shaped them into human forms. But though these creatures now looked like people, their animal minds remained. They walked like men, but they still thought and acted like beasts.
Moral
A change in shape does not change the heart. True nature runs deeper than appearance.
Perry. #240