La caja de Pandora
Uno de los temas que han inquietado el interés de los hombres a lo largo de toda su historia es la creación del mundo. Los antiguos griegos tenían su propia forma de contar la historia, que era como sigue:
Antes que fueran creados la tierra, el mar y los cielos, todas las cosas tenían el mismo aspecto, al que llamaban Caos, una masa confusa y sin forma, un peso muerto en el cual, sin embargo, estaban las semillas de las cosas. Como la Tierra, el Aire y el Agua estaban mezclados, la tierra no era sólida, el mar no era fluido ni el aire transparente.
Dios y la Naturaleza pusieron fin al desorden, separando la tierra del mar y al cielo de ambos dos. Luego, Dios y la Naturaleza se las arreglaron para disponer mejor la Tierra y distribuyeron los ríos, las montañas y las bahías, dibujaron los valles, los bosques y las planicies. El aire se esclareció y las estrellas fueron apareciendo. Los peces tomaron posesión sea, the birds of the air and four-footed beasts of the land appropriated.
But it was needed most noble animal, and then became Man. Prometheus took some earth, where it is still mixed with a bit of heaven, and wetting it with a little water, mud molded into the man, making the image of the gods, erect, so unlike other animals, the man is lifted into the sky and watch the stars.
Prometheus was one of the Titans, a race of giants that inhabited the earth before the creation of man. He and his brother Epimetheus was entrusted the task of making man, and provide you, as the other animals, the powers necessary for its preservation. Epimetheus and Prometheus was the worker supervised the work. Thus they were giving different animals of courage, strength, quickness, sagacity, claws and wings for one another, etc ... But when it came time to give her gifts to man, it had to be superior to all other animals, Epimetheus had been so generous with his resources he had no gifts. Prometheus
then, to remedy the situation, ascended into heaven and, with the help of Athena, lighted his torch at the chariot of the sun, and gave fire to men. This gift made man more than all the animals. The fire allowed man to make weapons beat the animals and tools to cultivate the land, could heat your home for independence from the weather, and finally introduced the arts and the currency, which means trade and commerce.
The woman had not yet been created. Legend has it that Zeus made woman and sent her to Prometheus and his brother to punish them for stealing the fire ... and also to punish man for accepting the gift.
The first woman was Pandora. It was made in heaven and all the gods contributed something to improve it. Aphrodite gave her beauty, Hermes persuasion, Apollo music, etc. ... Thus equipped, Pandora was brought to Earth and presented to Epimetheus accepted that happy, Despite the fears of his brother, Zeus did not trust and gifts.
Epimetheus had in his house a room where he kept some items that had reached deals from Earth. Including a trunk. Gradually grew in Pandora a great curiosity about the contents of this box, and finally, one day broke the seal and opened the lid to look inside. But at the same time he escaped a multitude of plagues to torment the men, such as gout, rheumatism and colic for the body, and envy, anger and revenge for the soul, and these evils were distributed everywhere.
hastened to close Pandora's box, but it was too late the entire contents of the box had escaped, except one thing which lay confused in the background, that was the hope. Since then, while evils upon us, hope never entirely leaves us. And while we have a little hope, no evil can defeat us completely.
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