Prometheus is a Titan in Greek mythology. He was the god
responsible for creating animals and his most prized creation, humans. When
Prometheus created man, he gave the responsibility of the qualities of his
creations to his brother, Epimetheus. Epimetheus gave different characteristics
to each of his brother’s creations, but he didn’t give man any for survival. Because
of this, Prometheus took fire from Zeus for the humans to survive. He also tricked
Zeus by showing him rotten food he was going to give to the humans, but the
healthy food was underneath. When Zeus found out about Prometheus tricking him,
he took the fire from the humans. Zeus was angry with Prometheus because he
cared about the humans more than he did about the gods. Prometheus then stole
the fire back from Olympus with the help of the Olympians, Hephaestus and
Athena. Zeus found out yet again about Prometheus stealing the fire and he had
Hephaestus chain him up. Hephaestus didn’t try to defy Zeus because he didn’t
want to get thrown off Olympus again for the third time. When Prometheus was
tied up, an eagle came to him every day and ate part of his liver every day for
the rest of eternity. This was Zeus’s revenge on Prometheus.
Pandora was a mortal created by Hephaestus to get revenge on
Epimetheus and Prometheus for Zeus. Pandora was created to be given to
Epimetheus for his wife. Prometheus told his brother to never accept a gift
from a god, but Epimetheus accepted anyways. Pandora was given a jar and was
told not to open it when she got down to Earth. Out of curiosity, she opened
the jar when she was on Earth and released sorrows and sickness onto the
humans. This teaches why there’s evil in the world. This was the punishment for
man.
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