The Greek Myth Of Pandora's Box

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The Greek myth of Pandora's Box orginially started somewhere around 700 bc stating that it was a pithos which means jar, later on in the modern time it was changed to a pyais which means box. Two twin borhters were given the task of poulating the earth with animals and humanity. Prometheus which means forethought was intrused with the task of creating humanity and watching over them. Epimetheus which means afterthought was intrusted with creating and looking out after animals. Prometheus loved humanity and saw that man was not happy. He saw that they needed fire to help them live better. He knew that he had to ask Zeus the King of all gods and goddess to let him give humanity a spark of fire so that they would be able to live a little

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