Comparing Epimetheus And Pandora's Box

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In Pandora’s Box there are two brothers who go by the names of Epimetheus and Prometheus. Both of the brothers tended to always upset the gods and had angered one of the gods in particular, Zeus. Of course before hand, humans had already upset Zeus, and made it so man could no longer make or produce fire. Prometheus was quite intelligent, and he knew that a Blacksmith named Hephaestos, had a forge on the Isle of Lemnos, that used fire. So Prometheus thought it was a good idea to steal some fire from the blacksmith. This only angered Zeus even more, but he himself came up with a plan to punish the humans for their lack of

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