\b0 When\cf0 \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus \b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 saw the glimmer of the fire that\cf0 \b \cf4 \ATXht11636 Pr
ometheus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 had given to men by means of a trick, he was outraged and immediately prepared a calamity for the whole of their race. On his orders,\cf0 \b \cf4 \ATXht7 Hephaestus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 made the shape of a girl out of clay and all
the gods were summoned to give her attributes and qualities.\cf0 \b \cf4 \ATXht2 Aphrodite\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 made her dazzlingly beautiful and\cf0 \b \cf4 \ATXht6 Athena\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 taught her the domestic arts, but\cf0 \b \cf4 \ATXht12 Hermes\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 placed flattery, untruth, and deception in her heart, all qualities of which he himself was proud. The first woman had been created, and she was ambiguously called\cf0 \b \cf4 \ATXht11605 Pandora\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 or the "All-gifted." After t
he\cf0 \b \cf4 \ATXht10707 Graces\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 \cf7 and\cf0 \b \cf4 \ATXht10820 Horae\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 had dressed her sumptuously, Hermes took her to\cf0 \b \cf4 \ATXht10508 Epimetheus\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 who, seduced by so much beauty, wished to ma
ke her his wife. This was a mistake: Prometheus had warned him to reject any gift from Zeus, which would certainly conceal a trap. Pandora had brought a large vase (the incorrectly named "Pandora's Box") with her, and when she opened it, all the evils it
contained escaped and were inflicted on humanity. Only Hope remained at the bottom of the jar, which Pandora managed to close in time by the will of Zeus.
