Classic+Myths

= ** Assignment: Read the myth below about Pandora. Fill in the question sheet that I handed out in class, and bring it to class tomorrow morning.** = = = = Pandora's Box =

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Then Zeus sent his new daughter, Pandora, down to earth so that she could marry Epimetheus, who was a gentle but lonely man. Zeus was not being kind. He was getting even. Epimetheus and Prometheus were brothers. Zeus was mad at one of the brothers, Prometheus, for giving people fire without asking Zeus first. Zeus decided to get even by tricking the other brother into giving people something else they might or might not want. =====

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Out flew every kind of disease and sickness, hate and envy, and all the bad things that people had never experienced before. Pandora slammed the lid closed, but it was too late. All the bad things were already out of the box. They flew away, out into the world. =====

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Pandora cried and cried. Epimetheus woke up at the sound of her sobbing. “I opened the box and all these ugly things flew out,” she cried. “I tried to catch them, but they all got out.” Pandora opened the box to show him how empty it was. But the box was not quite empty. One tiny bug flew quickly out before Pandora could slam the lid shut again. =====

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“Hello, Pandora,” said the bug, hovering just out of reach. “My name is Hope.” With a nod of thanks for being set free, Hope flew out into the world, a world that now held Envy, Crime, Hate, and Disease – and also Hope. =====

Here are some links to some more myths that we will be talking about in class over the next few weeks. Check them out if you're interested! Watch this video on the myth about Persephone [|Hercules Myth] [|Narcissus] [|Find more myths at this website]