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Zeus And Prometheus Research Paper

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Greek mythology: Prometheus and Epimetheus the creation of man
Prometheus and Epimetheus where titans that were spared imprisonment in tartarus after a great war known as the titanomachy, a war between titans and olympians, and they were given the task of creating man. Prometheus shaped man out of clay, and this statue was given live by the goddess Athena who breathed life into his clay figure. While prometheus was creating many he assigned Epimetheus with the task of giving the creatures of the earth their various traits, such as swiftness, cunning, strength, fur, wings. Unfortunately, by the time man was created Epimetheus had given all the traits that were needed for survival out and there were none left for man. So Prometheus decided …show more content…

But Prometheus not wanting man to suffer took fire from olympus and gave it to man but when Zeus found out that fire was given to man he was outraged so Zeus took fire back from man and warned Prometheus that if he did anything to disobey him he would be punished but Prometheus didn't listen to Zeus warnings because Prometheus didn't like Zeus for imprisoning many of his brothers in tartous so as an act of defiance Prometheus made a torch and light it with the fire of the sun this way Zeus could not take away the fire because now the fire was made from the burning flames of the sun. as you may guess this did not please him in the least so he decide to punish man and Prometheus by asking the god Hephaestus to create a mortal of stunning beauty. The gods gave the mortal many gifts of wealth. He then had Hermes give the mortal a deceptive heart and a lying tongue. This creation was Pandora, the first woman. A final gift was a jar which Pandora was forbidden to open. And so Zeus sent Pandora to Epimetheus, who had decided to live amongst men. Prometheus had warned Epimetheus not to accept gifts from Zeus, but Pandora's beauty was too great; so, he let her stay. Eventually, Pandora's curiosity about the forbidden jar overwhelmed her; she opened it, releasing all evils upon the earth. And then Zeus seized Prometheus and

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