Pandora

• why was Pandora created?

  to punish mankind for receiving the gift of fire
• who stole the fire originally? what was their punishment?

  • the Titan Prometheus
  • chained to a rock for eternity
• what was the human race at the time?

  • only male
  • didn't grow old/die
  • no diseases or hardship
• the creation of Pandora:

  • born from Hephaestus' fire
  • "designed" by all the gods
  • Zeus gave her the gift of curiosity
• what was she gifted?

  a box/pithos
• what was the catch?

  she wasn't allowed to open the box
• where was Pandora sent?

  earth
• who was Epimetheus?


  • titan
  • brother of Prometheus
  • warned to not except gifts from the Gods
  • Pandora's husband
• why did Pandora open the box? what was the result of it?

  • she could no longer ignore her curiosity
  • all evil and disease was released into the world
• what remained inside the box?

  hope
• who was Pandora?


  • the 1st woman on earth
  • the person that unleashed all evil into the world
• what is the moral of the story?

  • don't disobey the Gods
  • be curious but cautious
  • some things are better left untouched
• give an example of a variation of the myth in a different culture

  Adam and Eve - genesis
• what is the meaning of the myth?

  • it is an explanation for why humans have to work to survive
  • Pandora represents the beautiful figure of dread
  • there is no remedy
  • intended to beguile men with her beauty