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Ancient Greece
How humans and all the world's troubles came into existence
BACKSTORY:
The Great War
Before the creation of humanity, a war for world domination erupted between the Olympian gods and the Titans (the Titans being the first generation of deities). As a result of this conflict, the Titans were defeated and sent to Tartarus — an abyss within the bowels of the Earth, but not all of them. Zeus became the supreme god
WHAT ZEUS INVENTED
FOR THE DEFEATED
For example, the titan Atlanteus was punished for holding up the earth. This punishment symbolized his role in maintaining the balance between the earth and the sky
AMONG THE TITANS
WERE IN THE WAR
Prometheus a titan who thinks ahead.
In the Titanomachy, Prometheus was on Zeus' side because he knew that he would win and become the supreme god
In the Titanomachy, Prometheus was on Zeus' side because he knew that he would win and become the supreme god
SUPPORTERS OF ZEUS
CREATION OF HUMANS
AS GRATITUDE FROM ZEUS
In gratitude for the help in the war, Zeus entrusted Prometheus with creating humans from clay and water, but they were to be defenseless mortals dependent on the gods. Prometheus created humans in the likeness of the gods
Humans lived carefree
They had everything
What Zeus invented
FOR CAREFREE PEOPLE
Zeus decided to invite all the gods and people to the pyrus to taste a sacrificial bull. The bull was to be divided into two parts. The Olympians the meat, the humans the bones. In this way they had to understand their place in the world. Prometheus was given the task of choosing and slaughtering a bull
What Zeus invented
FOR CAREFREE PEOPLE
Zeus decided to invite all the gods and people to the pyrus to taste a sacrificial bull. The bull was to be divided into two parts. The Olympians the meat, the humans the bones. In this way they had to understand their place in the world. Prometheus was given the task of choosing and slaughtering a bull
AND DECEIVED ZEUS
MEMORABLE DINNER
Prometheus didn't like this idea, so he took two large pots. In one, he placed bones covered with meat pieces, which looked appetizing. In the other, he put meat at the bottom and covered it with entrails and bones. Then he offered Zeus to choose a pot for himself and the gods, and the choice was obvious
HUMANS PAID THE PRICE
FOR DECEPTION
When Zeus realized that he had been tricked, he was enraged and took away almost all the goods and even fire from the people
PROMETHEUS' GENEROSITY
SAVED HUMANS
Prometheus felt bad for people, because without fire their life would be unbearable. So he secretly went to Olympe, stole fire and gave it to the people. With the fire people began to make weapons and dominated nature. This made Zeus angry
This act of Prometheus symbolizes the return of a vital resource to humanity, the transmission of knowledge and civilization
FOR PROMETHEUS
TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT
For this deed, Zeus punished Prometheus. He chained him to a rock in the Caucasus, and every day an eagle came and pecked at his liver. But since Prometheus was immortal, he endured excruciating pain as his liver regrew, and this continued for many thousands of times
PANDORA'S BOX
PUNISHMENT FOR HUMANS:
Humans, too, needed to be taught a lesson. So Zeus instructed the gods to create a woman of clay and give her various gifts, including beauty, seduction and guile. He himself granted her curiosity and gave her a box that could not be opened. He then sent Pandora to the humans
SHE OPENED THE DRAWER
DRIVEN BY CURIOSITY
This myth explains the origin of evil and suffering in the world and is one of the central stories in Greek mythology about the relationships between gods and humans
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