The Myth of Pandora's Box Explained
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Zeus and the rest of the gods lived on Mount Olympus. In the land, Prometheus created the race.
a human whom he endowed with knowledge and taught to respect the gods. Zeus liked her very much.
what Prometheus had done and wanted to give him a reward. He ordered the god Hephaestus to create the
first woman of the earth to gift her to Prometheus.
Hephaestus shaped a beautiful woman out of clay whom he named Pandora. The beauty of Pandora
impressed all the gods of Olympus, and each god granted her a gift. Athena the
bestowed wisdom, Hermes with eloquence and Apollo with gifts for music. The gift of Zeus consisted of
in a beautiful box, which was supposed to contain treasures for Prometheus, but told Pandora that the
the box could not be opened under any circumstances, which Pandora promised despite her curiosity.
Pandora and her box were offered to Prometheus, but he did not trust Zeus and did not want to accept them.
gifts. To avoid offending Zeus, Prometheus gave both gifts to his brother Epimetheus and
he told him to keep the key to the box safe so that no one could open it. When Epimetheus learned
fell madly in love with her and married her, accepting the box as a dowry. One day Pandora,
who was very curious, could not hold back any longer, took the key from Epimetheus and opened the box, from which
horrible things came out for human beings such as diseases, wars, earthquakes, famines
and many other calamities. Realizing what she had done, Pandora tried to close the box,
but he only managed to keep the hope inside that, since then, helps all men to
to endure the evils that spread throughout the earth