Essay Galaxy - Prometheus
Hesiod and Aeschylus both tell the tale of Prometheus, the god that stole fire from Olympus and gave it to man. Each author takes a different position on the matter: Hesiod condemns Prometheus and man, while Aeschylus celebrates them, which is evident in several characteristics of the myth. First, the role of the female in the relationship between man and gods in each myth is different. Hesiod, for example describes woman as “an evil” created by the gods to punish man for accepting fire. Woman was filled with desire for luxurious things and a “treacherous nature” to enable her to torment mankind. They named her Pandora. Pandora was given a gift of a box f
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