Women In Greek Myths

The Greek view of the creation of women is very complex, in general, the view of the myth is that men and women are very different beings. In Greek mythology, women were created to punish men and the arrival of women changed the way of life. Pandora was created by Zeus with the help of other gods to punish mortals because of the actions of their creator, Prometheus. These stories told the Greeks that they should follow what they are told to do by authority figures because if they don’t then there could be negative consequences. With these creation stories, women were seen as inferior and also the root of all of man's problems.This is not always the case with creation stories, in the Bible women were created to accompany men and to be together

Prometheus disobeyed Zeus when he stole fire that was taken away from mortals and gave it back to them. As a punishment, Zeus with the help of other gods and goddesses created Pandora;
“And then Hermes, the slayer of Argus, the guide, put into her breast lies and wheedling words and the heart of a thief [fashioned at the plan of loud-thundering Zeus, and speech] the gods’ herald placed in her too, and he gave this one, the women, a name - Pandora, ‘All-gift,’ since the gods on Olympus gave her all as a gift, a bane to men who eat bread.” (W&D 77-82).
Pandora was sent down by the gods to make mortal lives miserable and also bringing doom when she took the lid off the jar that was given to her by the gods; “But the women took the great lid of the jar in her hands and scattered them, and contrived grief and trouble for humans. Only Hope stayed inside there, in its unbreakable home, under the lip of the jar” (W&D 94-99). Ever since their creation women have been to blame for many of the misfortunes that occurred in ancient Greece. Men looked down upon women, men decided that women were to listen and do everything they were told. The Greeks saw the creation of men and women so different because they saw that the existence of women was only to punish men. Women had little say in ancient Greece and only work to keep the Father, husband, and family happy. Compared to goddesses, mortal women

In comparison of Christianity and Greek mythology, the difference in the two creation stories is that in the Bible, women are created to accompany men opposed to in Greek mythology where women are created to punish men. The arrival of women in both creation changes the way of life at that specific time. When Eve is created out of Adam’s rib, she is the reason they are both kicked out of the Garden of Eden. She is persuaded by the devil to eat the fruit of the forbidden tree which God said was forbidden. In Greek mythology, Pandora was created by Zeus with the help of other gods to punish mortals because of the actions of their creator, Prometheus. Created by gods to punish men while Eve was created to join men in taking care of the earth that God created for them. Both creation stories have striking similarities, the differences are only there to relate more to the people who would be hearing these