Opening Pandora’s Box - you are warned!
This is my first article. Being raised a Hindu I am supposed to start all new ventures by remembering the Elephant God but how about starting off differently with some Greek Mythology.
So here it goes…
When Zeus discovered that Prometheus (meaning fore-thought) had stolen fire from sun and given it as a gift to men, he became furious. He ordered his son to be chained to a mountain and for a vulture to peck out his liver every day till eternity.
Then he began to devise a punishment for mankind. Another of his sons created a woman of great beauty, Pandora. Each of the gods gave her a gift. Zeus’ present was curiosity and a box which he ordered her never to open. Then he presented her to Prometheus’s brother Epimetheus (meaning after-thought) as a wife.
Pandora’s life with Epimetheus was happy except for her intense longing to open the box. She was convinced that because the gods and goddesses had showered so many glorious gifts upon her that this one would also be wonderful. One day when Epimetheus was gone she opened the box.
Out of the box flew all of the horrors which plague the world today - pain, sickness, envy, greed. Upon hearing Pandora’s screams Epimetheus rushed home and fastened the lid shut, but all of the evils had already escaped.
Later that night they heard a voice coming from the box saying,
“Let me out. I am hope.”
Pandora and Epimetheus released her and she flew out into the world to give hope to humankind.
For reading the complete article on the Greek Creation Myth click here
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