And I to him: I wish thee still to teach me

And make a gift to me of further speech


viernes, 11 de marzo de 2011

Pandora's Box

Greek mythology speaks of the creation of man and his gifts. Mind that Prometheus was a Titan who stole fire from the gods to give to humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him to a mountain, so the harpies eat your liver every day. Punished men and giving him creating Pandora Pandora's Box, which contained all the ills of the world.

Old age, illness, fatigue, madness, vice, passion, plague, sorrow, poverty, crime, all the world's ills had spread through the earth and only hope was hidden in the most deep.
At the end we all have a Pandora's box within us, waiting to be opened.

Faced with the deception, Zeus took vengeance by depriving men of the fire. Prometheus decided to remedy this injustice and climbed Mount Olympus to steal fire from the gods, who gave them in a box, with which humans could warm up.

To get revenge on Prometheus, Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the construction of a woman of clay, which gave life and sent her to Epimetheus along with a gift box.

Pandora was the first woman ever existed, created in the image of the goddesses, the other gods endowed with all qualities, Aphrodite gave her beauty, Hermes gave persuasion.

Pandora was unable to overcome the curiosity, despite warnings that Zeus made ​​about what would happen if you opened that box.

Pandora's Box contained all the evils that man would suffer, and with them, hope waiting. Pandora opened the box and let out all evil, but captured the hope, which is the only consolation was to man.


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