pandora

$B!!!!(BAfter the stealing of fire$B!$(BZeus became increasingly unkind to
men$B!%(BOne day he ordered his son Hephaestus tobuild an image of a
beautiful maiden out of clay$B!%(BHe then asked the gods and goddesses to
award her with different kinds of gifts$B!%(BAmong others$B!$(BAthena clothed
her in an attractive coat and Hermes gave her the power of telling
lies$B!%(BA charming young lady$B!$(Bshe was the first woman that ever
lived$B!%(BZeus called her Pandora$B!%(BBecause she had received from each of
the gods and goddesses a gift$B!%(BThe gift was harmful to men$B!%(B

$B!!!!(BZeus decided to send her down to men as a present$B!%(BSo Hermes them
essenger brought her to Epimetheus$B!$(Bbrother of Prometheus$B!%(BThe greatness
of her beauty touched the hearts of all who looked upon her$B!$(Band
Epimetheus happily received her into his house$B!%(BHe had quite forgotten
Pometheus'''' warning$B!'(Bnever to accept anything from Zeus$B!%(BThe couple
lived a happy life for some time$B!%(BThen trouble came on to the human
world

$B!!!!(BWhen he was busy with teaching men the art of living$B!$(BPrometheus had
left a bigcask in the care of Epimetheus$B!%(BHe had warned his brother not
to open the lid$B!%(BPandora was a curious woman$B!%(BShe had been feeling very
disappointed that her husband did not allow her to take a look at the
contents of the cask$B!%(BOne day$B!$(Bwhen Epimetheus was out$B!$(Bshe lifted the
lid and out itcame unrest and war$B!$(BPlague and sickness$B!$(Btheft and
violence$B!$(B grief sorrow$B!$(Band all the other evils$B!%(BThe human world was
hence to experience these evils$B!%(BOnly hope stayed within the mouth of
the jar and never flew out$B!%(BSo men always have hope within their
hearts$B!%(B

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