Pandor The First Woman In Greek Mythology

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Pandora: Born from anger
She was created out of anger and later given to his brother. Pandora was the first woman in Greek mythology to be created. (“Pandora”). Pandora was created by Hephaestus and Athena. Hephaestus was the Greek god of blacksmiths, sculptors, fire, and, volcanoes. His symbol is a hammer, an anvil, and a pair of tongs. Hephaestus was also the son of Zeus and Hera, after he was born Hera his mother threw him out of Olympus because he was born crippled. He then fell into the ocean and was raised by Thetis and Eurynome. Athena was the Greek virgin goddess of reason, intelligent activity arts and, literature. Athena was the daughter of Zeus as well, but she did not have a birth mother. She was bounded full grown and dressed in armour from Zeus’ forehead. Pandora was used by Zeus to get revenge on Prometheus and humans.
Athena dressed Pandora in a beautiful, silvery gown and a veil with a crown. Zeus the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods ordered for Pandora to be created. To the ancient Greeks, Pandora was sent to earth as revenge because humans received fire that belonged to
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Their daughter was the first mortal child. (“The First Women”). Pyrrha was married to Prometheus’s son Deucalion. One day Zeus decided to flood the earth by creating the great deluge. Deucalion’s father Prometheus had overheard Zeus talking about what was going to happen so he warned him to create a raft so that he and Pyrrha could hideout. Deucalion did as his father told him and he and his wife Pyrrha were the only ones who survived the flood. When the water sunk the raft landed on Mount

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