One of the issues that have plagued the interest of men throughout history is the creation of the world. The ancient Greeks had their own way of telling the story, which was as follows:
that were created before the earth, sea and sky, everything looked the same, which they called Chaos, a confused and shapeless mass , a dead weight which, however, were the seeds of things. Like Earth, Air and Water were mixed, the ground was not solid, the sea was not transparent fluid or air.
God and Nature put an end to the disorder, separating land from sea and both sky two. Then, God and Nature have managed to better the Earth and distributed rivers, mountains and bays, drew the valleys, forests and plains. The air became clear and the stars were appearing. The fish took possession of the 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, man rises to the heavens and observe 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, all 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 address 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 to 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 all 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 who accepted it happily, despite the fears of his brother, who did not trust Zeus and his 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, el reumatismo y los cólicos para el cuerpo, y la envidia, la ira y la venganza para el alma, y estos males se repartieron por todas partes.
Pandora se apresuró en cerrar la caja, pero ya era tarde, todo el contenido de la caja había escapado, exceptuando una sola cosa que yacía confundida al fondo, esa era la esperanza. Desde entonces, aunque los males nos acechen, la esperanza nunca nos deja por entero. Y mientras tengamos un poco de esperanza, ningún mal puede derrotarnos completamente.
Otra versión de esta misma historia cuenta que Pandora fue enviada por Zeus al hombre como un signo de bendición. Como regalo de matrimonio, ella fue dotada por todos los dioses con bienes que guardaron en una caja. Pandora abrió accidentally box and all the blessings escaped, but hope.
According to several commentators, this is the correct version for how could a virtue as subtle as the hope to be saved with all sorts of evils? Keep counting
Greek legend from when the Earth was populated, have happened ages. The first was an era of innocence and happiness, called the Golden Age of Truth and always stayed right in place, although they were not bound by any written law or magistrates had to enforce, or punishment for violators.
At that time the forests were felled to build ships, nor to build fortifications around cities. There were swords, spears and helmets. The earth gave enough to the survival of mankind, without the need to work planting or harvesting. At that age, Greeks said, there was an eternal spring, and the rivers flowed with milk, wine and distilled honey yellow maples.
This was happy it happened to men, the Silver Age, inferior to that of gold, but higher than the Bronze, which will come later. At the beginning of the Silver Age, Zeus shortened the spring and divided the year into seasons. Hardened the extremes of cold and heat, and it was necessary to build houses. It was also necessary from time to sow the seeds for ensure adequate germination. And he began drafting the first laws were born the first officers to monitor compliance.
The Bronze Age was more wild, laws and codes become men are willing to see another attack just weaker.
But it was harder, the worst is the Iron Age. Greeks say that at that time, the crime was enthroned in human society, modesty, truth and honor will not be considered rather than empty words, their place as human values \u200b\u200bwill be replaced by fraud, deception , sickening violence and desire for profit. The sailors will sail all the seas and trees will be torn from the mountains. The Earth, which until now had been cultivated in common, began to be divided into individual holdings and men, dissatisfied with the production of the surface, they begin to pierce to extract the wealth of its interior. Then came the tricky iron and gold, even more dangerous. Using both metals as weapons, the war will spread everywhere. The visitor will not be safe in the house of a friend; children and parents, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives mistrust of each other, the children want their parents die, to inherit; disappear family love and the Earth will be covered false laughter and the gods will be leaving one by one. The last to leave the Earth will Astrea, innocence and purity, daughter of Themis, justice.
Seeing this state of things, Zeus will burn with anger and convene a conference of gods. All obey the call and made way to the palace of heaven. The road, one can see clearly at night, in the center of heaven, the Milky Way. Along the way are, according to the ancient Greeks, the palaces of the illustrious gods, flows from heaven beings living on both sides instead of the Way
Once assembled the gods, Zeus is aimed at describing assembly the appalling state of the Earth and ends announcing its decision to destroy all its inhabitants to create a new race, other than the above, it is to live happier and thus better praise the greatness of the gods.
hardly finished speaking, Zeus takes one of its rays and when he went to throw it against the Earth by fire to destroy its inhabitants, when he realized that such a conflagration could endanger the very heavens and changed tactics .
He tied the north wind and let the chains that imprisoned the south wind. Soon a black blanket of clouds covered the earth dropping torrents of rain. Large-scale plants were laid and the work of farmers was destroyed in less than an hour.
still not satisfied, Called his brother Zeus, Poseidon, the god of earthly water. This mother took to the rivers that flooded the earth at the same time ordering an earthquake that brought down the flow of the sea upon the shore. Castles, humans, animals and houses were swept away by raging waters. Any large building intact
was assaulted by waves and towers were soon submerged.
texts and classical traditions dwell on the description of this destruction until finally it was not water on the surface of the Earth, only Parmaso, elevated above all the mountains rising above the waters. They sought refuge
the only survivors. Deucalion and his wife, Pyrra, both on the race of Prometheus. He was a righteous man and a woman Pyrra great faith in the gods. Just
Zeus saw that everything was devastated and there were only these survivors, let the north wind to the clouds cleared and separated the heavens from the earth. Poseidon Triton ordered to blow his horn. The waters obeyed, and gradually regained their normal course, appeared again the beaches and rivers returned to their beds.
Then Deucalion spoke thus to his wife: "Wife, only surviving woman, joined us before marriage and parenting. Now we are united by a common danger. Perhaps we have fallen on the power of our ancestor Prometheus, and we will renew the human race as he did the first time. But we are not certain, go to the temple and ask the gods what we do. "
entered the temple, deformed by the disaster and approached the altar where the fire burned no longer sacred. It fell down and begged for a divine inspiration that allowed them to resolve the situation they were miserable. The oracle replied: "Give up the temple with head veiled, loose garments and go back throwing the bones of your mother."
listened in awe. Pyrra finally said: " We can not obey, how are we to desecrate the remains of our parents? "Both
then fell into a deep meditation. Until Deucalion said: "O my mind deceive me or is there only one way to fulfill this mandate without falling into wickedness. The earth is the great mother of everything and the stones are her bones. These are the bones that we can throw behind us without being wicked ... I think that is what is meant by the oracle, and finally, we will not hurt trying. "
So veiled their heads broke the garments, and charged numerous stones were thrown on their backs as they walked.
And then came the miracle: the stones grew, becoming more soft and acquiring human forms, like pieces of rock in the hands of the sculptor. Las piedras que arrojaba Deucalión se convertían en hombres y las de Pyrra en mujeres. Y así los dioses, eso decían los griegos, repoblaron la Tierra con una raza más acostumbrada al trabajo.
that were created before the earth, sea and sky, everything looked the same, which they called Chaos, a confused and shapeless mass , a dead weight which, however, were the seeds of things. Like Earth, Air and Water were mixed, the ground was not solid, the sea was not transparent fluid or air.
God and Nature put an end to the disorder, separating land from sea and both sky two. Then, God and Nature have managed to better the Earth and distributed rivers, mountains and bays, drew the valleys, forests and plains. The air became clear and the stars were appearing. The fish took possession of the 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, man rises to the heavens and observe 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, all 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 address 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 to 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 all 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 who accepted it happily, despite the fears of his brother, who did not trust Zeus and his 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, el reumatismo y los cólicos para el cuerpo, y la envidia, la ira y la venganza para el alma, y estos males se repartieron por todas partes.
Pandora se apresuró en cerrar la caja, pero ya era tarde, todo el contenido de la caja había escapado, exceptuando una sola cosa que yacía confundida al fondo, esa era la esperanza. Desde entonces, aunque los males nos acechen, la esperanza nunca nos deja por entero. Y mientras tengamos un poco de esperanza, ningún mal puede derrotarnos completamente.
Otra versión de esta misma historia cuenta que Pandora fue enviada por Zeus al hombre como un signo de bendición. Como regalo de matrimonio, ella fue dotada por todos los dioses con bienes que guardaron en una caja. Pandora abrió accidentally box and all the blessings escaped, but hope.
According to several commentators, this is the correct version for how could a virtue as subtle as the hope to be saved with all sorts of evils? Keep counting
Greek legend from when the Earth was populated, have happened ages. The first was an era of innocence and happiness, called the Golden Age of Truth and always stayed right in place, although they were not bound by any written law or magistrates had to enforce, or punishment for violators.
At that time the forests were felled to build ships, nor to build fortifications around cities. There were swords, spears and helmets. The earth gave enough to the survival of mankind, without the need to work planting or harvesting. At that age, Greeks said, there was an eternal spring, and the rivers flowed with milk, wine and distilled honey yellow maples.
This was happy it happened to men, the Silver Age, inferior to that of gold, but higher than the Bronze, which will come later. At the beginning of the Silver Age, Zeus shortened the spring and divided the year into seasons. Hardened the extremes of cold and heat, and it was necessary to build houses. It was also necessary from time to sow the seeds for ensure adequate germination. And he began drafting the first laws were born the first officers to monitor compliance.
The Bronze Age was more wild, laws and codes become men are willing to see another attack just weaker.
But it was harder, the worst is the Iron Age. Greeks say that at that time, the crime was enthroned in human society, modesty, truth and honor will not be considered rather than empty words, their place as human values \u200b\u200bwill be replaced by fraud, deception , sickening violence and desire for profit. The sailors will sail all the seas and trees will be torn from the mountains. The Earth, which until now had been cultivated in common, began to be divided into individual holdings and men, dissatisfied with the production of the surface, they begin to pierce to extract the wealth of its interior. Then came the tricky iron and gold, even more dangerous. Using both metals as weapons, the war will spread everywhere. The visitor will not be safe in the house of a friend; children and parents, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives mistrust of each other, the children want their parents die, to inherit; disappear family love and the Earth will be covered false laughter and the gods will be leaving one by one. The last to leave the Earth will Astrea, innocence and purity, daughter of Themis, justice.
Seeing this state of things, Zeus will burn with anger and convene a conference of gods. All obey the call and made way to the palace of heaven. The road, one can see clearly at night, in the center of heaven, the Milky Way. Along the way are, according to the ancient Greeks, the palaces of the illustrious gods, flows from heaven beings living on both sides instead of the Way
Once assembled the gods, Zeus is aimed at describing assembly the appalling state of the Earth and ends announcing its decision to destroy all its inhabitants to create a new race, other than the above, it is to live happier and thus better praise the greatness of the gods.
hardly finished speaking, Zeus takes one of its rays and when he went to throw it against the Earth by fire to destroy its inhabitants, when he realized that such a conflagration could endanger the very heavens and changed tactics .
He tied the north wind and let the chains that imprisoned the south wind. Soon a black blanket of clouds covered the earth dropping torrents of rain. Large-scale plants were laid and the work of farmers was destroyed in less than an hour.
still not satisfied, Called his brother Zeus, Poseidon, the god of earthly water. This mother took to the rivers that flooded the earth at the same time ordering an earthquake that brought down the flow of the sea upon the shore. Castles, humans, animals and houses were swept away by raging waters. Any large building intact
was assaulted by waves and towers were soon submerged.
texts and classical traditions dwell on the description of this destruction until finally it was not water on the surface of the Earth, only Parmaso, elevated above all the mountains rising above the waters. They sought refuge
the only survivors. Deucalion and his wife, Pyrra, both on the race of Prometheus. He was a righteous man and a woman Pyrra great faith in the gods. Just
Zeus saw that everything was devastated and there were only these survivors, let the north wind to the clouds cleared and separated the heavens from the earth. Poseidon Triton ordered to blow his horn. The waters obeyed, and gradually regained their normal course, appeared again the beaches and rivers returned to their beds.
Then Deucalion spoke thus to his wife: "Wife, only surviving woman, joined us before marriage and parenting. Now we are united by a common danger. Perhaps we have fallen on the power of our ancestor Prometheus, and we will renew the human race as he did the first time. But we are not certain, go to the temple and ask the gods what we do. "
entered the temple, deformed by the disaster and approached the altar where the fire burned no longer sacred. It fell down and begged for a divine inspiration that allowed them to resolve the situation they were miserable. The oracle replied: "Give up the temple with head veiled, loose garments and go back throwing the bones of your mother."
listened in awe. Pyrra finally said: " We can not obey, how are we to desecrate the remains of our parents? "Both
then fell into a deep meditation. Until Deucalion said: "O my mind deceive me or is there only one way to fulfill this mandate without falling into wickedness. The earth is the great mother of everything and the stones are her bones. These are the bones that we can throw behind us without being wicked ... I think that is what is meant by the oracle, and finally, we will not hurt trying. "
So veiled their heads broke the garments, and charged numerous stones were thrown on their backs as they walked.
And then came the miracle: the stones grew, becoming more soft and acquiring human forms, like pieces of rock in the hands of the sculptor. Las piedras que arrojaba Deucalión se convertían en hombres y las de Pyrra en mujeres. Y así los dioses, eso decían los griegos, repoblaron la Tierra con una raza más acostumbrada al trabajo.
Este viejo mito ha de sobrevivir hasta nuestros días no sólo en las creencias y las frases populares, sino que ha sido recreado por numerosos poetas y escritores.
Así, la comparación entre Eva y Pandora es obvia y no se le escapó a John Milton, el gran poeta inglés, que la introdujo en el Libro IV de su Paraíso Perdido. A su vez, Prometeo ha sido un personaje abundantemente recogido por los escritores. Como arquetipo, Prometeo representa un poder amable, amigo de la humanity, civilization and master of arts. Clear that doing so violates the will of the gods and finally becomes entitled to the punishment of Zeus.
The king of the gods was chained to Mount Caucasus where an eagle pecked ate the liver that was growing as fast as devoured. This torment, according to legend, could end at any moment because Prometheus knew a secret that affected the stability of the throne of Zeus. Prometheus refused to reveal the secret, thus becoming the symbol of the will to resist oppression and martyrdom magnanimous to undeserved suffering.
Byron and Shelley also took this theme and recently in early twentieth century, Franz Wedekind, reactivates the issue with a play: Der Bucht von Pandora, who later would become "Lulu", the famous opera by Alban Berg.
Así, la comparación entre Eva y Pandora es obvia y no se le escapó a John Milton, el gran poeta inglés, que la introdujo en el Libro IV de su Paraíso Perdido. A su vez, Prometeo ha sido un personaje abundantemente recogido por los escritores. Como arquetipo, Prometeo representa un poder amable, amigo de la humanity, civilization and master of arts. Clear that doing so violates the will of the gods and finally becomes entitled to the punishment of Zeus.
The king of the gods was chained to Mount Caucasus where an eagle pecked ate the liver that was growing as fast as devoured. This torment, according to legend, could end at any moment because Prometheus knew a secret that affected the stability of the throne of Zeus. Prometheus refused to reveal the secret, thus becoming the symbol of the will to resist oppression and martyrdom magnanimous to undeserved suffering.
Byron and Shelley also took this theme and recently in early twentieth century, Franz Wedekind, reactivates the issue with a play: Der Bucht von Pandora, who later would become "Lulu", the famous opera by Alban Berg.
