Pandora's Box: A Summary by Maura C.
Zeus was angry with mankind-- something that never turns out well. Prometheus, the titan, had stolen fire, the gift for and of the gods, and given it to man. In response, Prometheus was chained to a rock, where a vulture ate his liver which regrew every day. However, humanity needed to be punished as well... but how?
Zeus charged Hephaestus with making a woman, and her name was Pandora. She was curious and vain, and the first of all women. Zeus gave her as a wife to Epimetheus, the brother of the titan Prometheus. At her wedding, she was given a large box by the gods, and told never to open it. However, Pandora's curiosity got the better of her and she proceeded to open the box.
Out came all the bad things in the world-- greed, dishonesty, sickness, hatred, conflict, and all that plagues the world. However, at the bottom of the box was Hope, and she flew out into the world from the box. Through all the despair and terrible things of life, human beings would always from then on have the ability to hope.
(Based on the myth Atlas and Prometheus from the collection "The Greek Myths" by Robert Graves.
("Atlas and Prometheus". Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths. PDF.)
Zeus was angry with mankind-- something that never turns out well. Prometheus, the titan, had stolen fire, the gift for and of the gods, and given it to man. In response, Prometheus was chained to a rock, where a vulture ate his liver which regrew every day. However, humanity needed to be punished as well... but how?
Zeus charged Hephaestus with making a woman, and her name was Pandora. She was curious and vain, and the first of all women. Zeus gave her as a wife to Epimetheus, the brother of the titan Prometheus. At her wedding, she was given a large box by the gods, and told never to open it. However, Pandora's curiosity got the better of her and she proceeded to open the box.
Out came all the bad things in the world-- greed, dishonesty, sickness, hatred, conflict, and all that plagues the world. However, at the bottom of the box was Hope, and she flew out into the world from the box. Through all the despair and terrible things of life, human beings would always from then on have the ability to hope.
(Based on the myth Atlas and Prometheus from the collection "The Greek Myths" by Robert Graves.
("Atlas and Prometheus". Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths. PDF.)