![]() ![]() Subjects suchĪs classics, philosophy, English, and even history, that old staple of a Science became the third most popular major at Dartmouth, just behind economicsĪnd government, with engineering sciences and biology following. Less than a century ago, neither did computers. Just a few decades ago, the internet didn’t exist, and We live in the internet era, the latest development in Suffering onto the human race out of curiosity and intrigue into the contents Gift, ignoring Prometheus’ warnings, and Pandora unwittingly releases evil and He has the gods fashion a beautiful gift-a woman, dressed in the finest clothesĪnd jewelry, holding a forbidden box. He knows, however, that he will notīe able to outwit Prometheus, and so targets his brother, Epimetheus, instead. Punish Prometheus and his beloved humans. Prometheus, in order to make human life moreīearable, steals fire from the gods. So goes Hesiod’s telling of the story of Pandora’s Box Every night, they wander about at random, bringing evils upon mortals silently-for Zeus had taken away their voice. Diseases for humans are a day-to-day thing. Full is the earth of evils, full is the sea. It did not fly out… But as for other things, countless baneful things, they are randomly scattered all over humankind. The only thing that stayed within the unbreakable contours of the box was Hope. She devised baneful anxieties for humankind. But Pandora took the great lid off the box and scattered what was inside. But Epimetheus accepted it, and only then did he take note that he had an evil thing on his hands. Nor did Epimetheus take notice how Prometheus had told him to never accept a gift from Zeus the Olympian, but to send it right back, lest an evil thing happen to mortals. To make up for the fire, I will give them an evil thing, in which they may all take their delight in their hearts, embracing this evil thing of their own making.” … Father Zeus to Epimetheus sent the famed Argos-killer, the swift messenger of the gods bringing the gift. But a great pain awaits both you and future mankind. ![]() Angered at him, Zeus, the cloud-gatherer, spoke: “Son of Iapetos, knowing more schemes than anyone else, you rejoice over stealing the fire and deceiving my thinking. But, deceiving Zeus again, the good son of Iapetos, Prometheus, stole it for humankind from Zeus the Planner inside a hollow fennel-stalk, escaping the notice of Zeus the Thunderer. If it were otherwise, it would be easy for you to do in just one day all the work you need to do, and have enough to last you a year, idle though you would be… And he, Zeus, hid fire. The gods had hidden away the true means of livelihood for humans. ![]()
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