According to Hesiod's Theogony, after Prometheus, a fire god and divine trickster, had stolen fire from heaven and bestowed it upon mortals, Zeus, the king of the gods, determined to counteract this blessing. Is Pandora a goddess? As Hesiod related it, each god co-operated by giving her unique gifts. What is left in Pandora's Box? In mythology According to Hesiod, when Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus, the king of the gods, took vengeance by presenting Pandora to Prometheus' brother Epimetheus.
Pandora opened a jar left in his care containing sickness, death and many other unspecified evils which were then released into the world. What gifts did Zeus give? To punish man, Zeus had Hephaestus create a mortal of stunning beauty. The gods gave the mortal many gifts of wealth. He then had Hermes give the mortal a deceptive heart and a lying tongue.
This creation was Pandora, the first women. Why is Pandora called Pandora? The name Pandora means "all gifted" in Greek. In ancient Greek mythology, Pandora received many gifts from the gods, including the gift of music, from Apollo. She was also, as we all know, very curious. Zeus, pleased that his trap was working, gave Pandora a wedding gift of a beautiful container.
But Pandora was gifted with curiosity as much as the other attributes given to her by the gods, and her mind became consumed with thoughts about what was kept inside. She could not understand why Zeus would give her a wedding gift but not allow her to see it.
Eventually, she could think of nothing else but opening the box and unlocking its secrets — which is exactly what Zeus had planned. Pandora could stand it no longer. When Epimetheus left the room, Pandora finally opened the box. Out poured a stream of ghostly creatures that consisted of disease, poverty, misery, sadness, death, and all the evils of the world. Pandora slammed the lid shut, but it was too late, the whole contents had escaped except for one small, but important, thing that lay at the bottom — Hope.
In some versions of the myth , Pandora is said to have released Hope and it fluttered from the box, touching the wounds created by the evil she had unleashed. Other variations of the myth say that hope remained inside the box, separating it from the evils and making it good in comparison. Even today, hope still remains in humanity in the darkest of times.
Top Image: Modern representation of Pandora with the infamous box. Atsma, A. Gill, N. Pandora's Box. Hesiod, Theogony [West, M. Hesiod, Works and Days [West, M. Pandora, the first woman ever created.
Although his primary interest is in the ancient civilizations of the Near East, he is also interested in other geographical regions, as well as other time periods Read More. I does sound like the story of Adam and Eve. And I'm very disappointed in Zeus, in this story he is the evil snake the devil in the Holy American Bible.
I had alot of respect for Zeus until I knew this full story. He should of been more intelligent being a God. In this story he acts like a child at kid. Gods should be forgiving and kind in their lessons. I'm also speaking about my American God as well. Let this clarion call now be sounded in the world, and let the heavens resound amidst the raging flames of the atomic hell, the logico-scientific result of the Baconian philosophy of modern atomism.
And let now this mankind maddened by the anxiety of the affair of the worldly life listen. And let the heads of the States, Business magnates, ministers, scholars, scientists, religious divines lend their ears to its warning and pay heed. Let now the followers of the Baconian philosophy of modern atomism, the dupes of the left-eyes, machine-ridden demon that are engaged in enkindling the atomic hell with their own hands know that the atomic hell with its atomic bombs and the atomic radiations is their abode in this world and they who perish in it deservedly, let them expect the eternal hell of the Hotama to welcome them in the next world to broil them in the flames endlessly, eternally, except those whom the Al-mighty Allah through his mercy wish to be cast out of that hell after a period of punishment.
The atomic hell is your abode, you seekers of the infinite progress. You will be roasted alive in the fire of the atomic bomb explosions, both you and your children.
All the living species and the plants on earth along with you. If you succeed in avoiding the atomic war in some generations and manage to escape unscathed, then know that your future generations will pay the debt through long-term radio-genetic effects of atomic energy for peace.
The atomic hell of the atomic energy for peace will then be not less dreadful than the hell of the atomic bombs, for your grandchildren, who, after a spell of miserable existence o suffering, cancers, diseases and physical and mental deformities, living in the form of chimeras will perish along with all the living species and the plants on earth.
The scientist has discovered no protection against the atomic radiation which are inherent in the very nature of the atomic energy. The residents of the districts around the atomic reactors could be given no protection against the floods of radiations in the case of the explosion of the atomic reactor. And the atomic reactors would not only occasionally explode, but every reactor should as a rule and its natural life in explosion after forty years.
Bu imagine not the state of the atomic energy at present, but rather think of the time in future when every installation and machine from the power house to the private car will be fitted with its own reactor. Then the explosions of the reactors will be like bone fire all over the earth. The experiment of atomic energy on the principle of research cum utility means the employment of the real species as guinea pigs in a universal experiment so dangerous and hazardous as that of the atomic energy.
Open up your drowsy eyes and stuffed ears and look and hear and fear. The Baconian philosophy of modern atomism, of which today the entire mankind is the follower, is radically opposed to every revealed religion. On this principle is based the modern, continuous, systematic, ever-increasing, ever-expanding progress, and it is as the result of this kind of progress that the atomic energy and the atomic bomb has appeared. Now which of the religions ever allows such a progress without at the same time signing its own death warrant, for, such a progress, infinite and ever-increasing as it is, gradually occupies more and more of the mind and the time of man, supplanting by and by, thought and deed of religion till eventually the thought of religion and the next world is completely expelled from the mind of man, though this world may be consumed by the atomic hell before such a stage has arrived.
Let, however, the notion that some kinds of compatibility is possible between the religion and this modern philosophy of atomism or its progress, be expelled from the mind of those religious people who are the victims of such a misunderstanding. Either faith or this modern science and its progress shall remain. The treachery lay in the role of Hermes and the Snake respectively. In Pandora, Hermes instilled that she must never open the box and had Hera not gifted her curiosity, it may have remained closed forever.
In the Garden of Eden, the Snake tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and Life, bringing about realization and shame.
From these two stories, we can imply that women have forever been seen as perpetrators of all that is deceitful and therefore women are to blame for every evil on this world. Contact us Contact us. Sign In. Discover the myth of Pandora, the first woman The creation of Pandora All started from a gathering of the gods, where the Titans were also invited. Opening the box Epimetheus had been told by his brother never to accept any gift from Zeus. Pandora's Box The modern phrase "Pandora's Box" derives from this myth.
Pandora and Eve In this myth, we can observe some similarities with the Christian story of Adam and Eve. Famous Greek people. Best beaches in Greece. Greece in photos. Greek culture. About Greece. Where to go in Greece? What to do in Greece?
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What was the general idea of Pandora's box? In classical mythology, a box that Zeus gave to Pandora, the first woman, with strict instructions that she not open it. Pandora's curiosity soon got the better of her, and she opened the box.
All the evils and miseries of the world flew out to afflict mankind. What secret did Prometheus know about Zeus? Zeus, king of the Olympian gods, sentenced the Titan to eternal torment for his transgression.
The immortal was bound to a rock, where each day an eagle, the emblem of Zeus, was sent to eat Prometheus' liver, which would then grow back overnight to be eaten again the next day. What was Achilles weak spot? To prevent his death, his mother Thetis took Achilles to the River Styx, which was supposed to offer powers of invulnerability, and dipped his body into the water; however, as Thetis held Achilles by the heel, his heel was not washed over by the water of the magical river.
Is Prometheus a God? Prometheus, in Greek religion, one of the Titans, the supreme trickster, and a god of fire.
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