Short Tales Greek Myths: Pandora

Short Tales Greek Myths: Pandora book cover — The Greek Gods Ruler of Gods ZEUS Men ATHENA Goddess of Wisdom HEPHAESTUS Metalworking God of Fire HERA Goddess of Marriage Queen of the Gods HERMES Messenger of the Gods HESTIA Goddess of the Hearth Home POSEIDON God of the Sea APHRODITE Goddess of Love ARES God of War ARTEMIS Goddess of the Hunt APOLLO God of the Sun HADES God of the Underworld

Short Tales Greek Myths: Pandora — page 1 — mythical beginning In the early days of Greek mythology Zeus wanted to make new creatures that looked like the Gods So he decided to make Man He had Prometheus make a man of clay and then Epimetheus was to give mankind a special gift But Epimetheus had used up all of the gifts on the animals So Prometheus stole ﬁre from the gods and gave it to man Zeus was very upset so he made a new creature He made it out of clay and called it Woman The ﬁrst one was named Pandora and she received gifts from all the gods Pandora married Epimetheus and they had a great life of happiness But they were given a box that they could never open Pandora had to know what was inside She could not help herself One day she opened the box 4

Short Tales Greek Myths: Pandora — page 2 — A long long time ago Zeus thought it would be good to put people on Earth He picked two gods Prometheus and Epimetheus to create humans Prometheus took dirt and made it into a man 5

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