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PANDORA
Zeus made Pandora, the first
mortal woman, because he was mad at
Prometheus who had had given the mortals special gifts. Zeus decided to give the
mortals one more gift, and that was Pandora. Each god gave her something to make
her perfect. Venus gave her beauty, Mercury gave her persuasion, Apollo gave her
music, Hephaestus gave her voice, Hermes gave her pettiness in her tiny brain,
etc. Finally she was ready for Earth.
Zeus gave her to
Epimetheus ( Prometheus's
brother). Prometheus had said to Epimetheus," Don't take anything from the
Olympians, especially Zeus." Epimetheus was about to decline, but as soon as he
looked at her and saw her beauty, he aceptedeus' gift. Epimetheus gave Pandora a box that she
was forbidden to open. Every day Pandora wondered what was in the box.
She knew
she mustn't open it, but she was extremely curious and could not bear not to
know its contents. As soon as she pulled the cover off, all of the evil and mistrust flew
out into the world. When Pandora looked at the bottom of the box, she saw that
the only thing left was hope.
I think Pandora is interesting because each of the gods gave
her something.
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