Livers were considered instruments of prophetic foretelling. It was the eagle that consumed Prometheus is liver during his punishment, and that eagle was the em

Livers were considered instruments of prophetic foretelling. It was the eagle that consumed Prometheus is liver during his punishment, and that eagle was the embodiment of Zeus. Zeus sought to consume the liver of foresight, in order to fortell who would ursurp his throne, as he had overthrown Chronos. The story is a symbol of the succession mythos that defines all Mediterranean religions.