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Prometheus

Hesiod and Aeschylus both tell the tale of , the god that stole fire from Olympus and gave it to man. Each author takes a different position on the matter: Hesiod condemns and man, while Aeschylus celebrates them, which is evident in several characteristics of the myth. First, the role of the female in the relationship between man and gods in each myth is different. Hesiod, for example describes woman as “an evil” created by the gods to punish man for accepting fire. Woman was filled with desire for luxurious things and a “treacherous nature” to enable her to torment mankind. They named her Pandora. Pandora was given a gift of a box filled with all the evils ...

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Argos pursued Io so that she constantly roams the Earth with no place to call home. A son descended from Io will free from the rock he is eternally chained to. Woman is seen as the solution to the problem, whereas, in Hesiod, she is the cause of it. Secondly, The presentation of Zeus’ power is different in each myth. In Hesiod, Zeus is seen as a benevolent, just, and liberating presence, a step above all those who preceded him. Before ’ theft of fire, man could have produced enough grain in 1 day to feed him for the whole year. But because “devious-minded” took advantage of Zeus’ goodwill, mankind was meant to suffer. Hesiod says that hope, the only thing left in Pandora’s box, stayed because it was Zeus’ will. Aeschylus tells of an oppressive, unjust and fearful Zeus. is not free to help mankind simply because its Zeus’ will. Hephaestus and the Chorus (the daughters of Oceanus) both pity and express their opinions on how ...

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