| | There is a passage in Atlas Shrugged in which Francisco is asked, by Dagny I believe, who John Galt is. Francisco says (and I'm quoting approximately, from memory):
"John Galt is the Prometheus who changed his mind. After centuries of being torn by vultures, he withdrew his mind -- until the day when men withdraw their vultures."
In other words, this is purely a metaphorical allusion. It is not meant literally, of course. The fictional character of John Galt is meant to be John Galt -- and only analogous to the mythical character of Prometheus. Rand meant that both were similar in that they represented human reason, exploited by others.
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