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The Story of Pandora

1) In ancient Greece, Zeus punished the brothers Prometheus and Epimetheus for upsetting the gods by creating Pandora, the first woman, and gifting her to Epimetheus. 2) Pandora was given a beautiful box by Zeus with strict instructions never to open it. 3) Overcome by curiosity, Pandora opened the box, unleashing all of the world's evils - disease, poverty, misery, death and more - upon humanity. All that remained in the box was Hope.

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The Story of Pandora

1) In ancient Greece, Zeus punished the brothers Prometheus and Epimetheus for upsetting the gods by creating Pandora, the first woman, and gifting her to Epimetheus. 2) Pandora was given a beautiful box by Zeus with strict instructions never to open it. 3) Overcome by curiosity, Pandora opened the box, unleashing all of the world's evils - disease, poverty, misery, death and more - upon humanity. All that remained in the box was Hope.

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Name: __________________________________________________ Period: ___________ Date: _______________________

The Story of Pandoras Box


In ancient Greece, there were two brothers named Epimetheus and Prometheus. They
upset the gods and annoyed the most powerfu of a Gods, !eus, in particuar. This was
not the first time humans had upset !eus, and once before, as punishment, he had ta"en
from humans the abiity to ma"e fire. This meant they coud no onger coo" their meat
and coud not "eep themse#es warm.
$owe#er, Prometheus was ce#er and he "new that on the Ise of %emnos, i#ed
$ephaestos, the bac"smith. $e had a fire burning to "eep his forge hot. Prometheus
tra#eed to %emnos and stoe fire from the bac"smith. !eus was furious and decided
that humans had to be punished once and for a for their ac" of respect.
!eus came up with a #ery cunning pan to punish the two brothers. &ith the hep of
$ephaestos, he created a woman from cay. The goddess, 'thene, then breathed ife into
the cay. 'phrodite made her #ery beautifu, and $ermes taught her how to be both
charming and deceitfu. !eus caed her Pandora and sent her as a gift to Epimetheus.
$is brother, Prometheus. had warned him not to accept any gifts from the gods, but
Epimetheus was competey charmed by the woman. $e thought Pandora was so
beautifu that she coud ne#er cause any harm, so he agreed to marry her.
!eus, peased that his trap was wor"ing, ga#e Pandora a wedding gift of a beautifu bo(.
There was one, #ery, #ery important condition, howe#er, that she must ne#er opened
the bo(. Pandora was #ery curious about the contents of the bo(, but she had promised
that she woud ne#er open it.
' she coud thin" about was: what coud be in the bo() *he coud not understand why
someone woud send her a bo( if she coud not see what was in it. It seemed to ma"e no
sense at a to her and she coud thin" of nothing ese but of opening the bo( and
unoc"ing its secrets. This was +ust what !eus had panned.
,inay, Pandora coud stand it no onger. &hen she "new Epimetheus was out of sight,
she crept up to the bo(, too" the huge "ey off the high shef, fitted it carefuy into the
oc" and turned it. -ut, at the ast moment, she fet a pang of guit, imagined how angry
her husband woud be, and .uic"y oc"ed the bo( again without opening the id and
put the "ey bac" where she had found it. Three more times she did this unti, at ast, she
"new she had to oo" inside or she woud go competey mad/
*he too" the "ey, sid it into the oc" and turned it. *he too" a deep breath, cosed her
eyes and sowy ifted the id of the bo(. *he opened her eyes and oo"ed into the bo(,
e(pecting to see fine si"s, gowns or god braceets and nec"aces or e#en pies of god
coins.
Name: __________________________________________________ Period: ___________ Date: _______________________
-ut there was no geam of god or treasure. There were no shining braceets and not
one beautifu dress/ The oo" of e(citement on her face .uic"y turned to one of
disappointment and then horror, for !eus had pac"ed the bo( fu of a the terribe e#is
he coud thin" of. 0ut of the bo( poured disease and po#erty. 0ut came misery, out
came death, out came sadness 1a shaped i"e tiny bu22ing moths.
The creatures stung Pandora o#er and o#er again and she sammed the id shut.
Epimetheus ran into the room to see why she was crying in pain. Pandora coud sti
hear a #oice caing to her from the bo(, peading with her to be et out. Epimetheus
agreed that nothing inside the bo( coud be worse than the horrors that had aready
been reeased, so they opened the id once more.
' that remained in the bo( was $ope. It futtered from the bo( i"e a beautifu
dragonfy, touching the wounds created by the e#i creatures, and heaing them. E#en
though Pandora had reeased pain and suffering upon the word, she had aso aowed
$ope to foow them.

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