CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Clytemnestra, Stesichorus, Cunt
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Women in myth: praise and blame: pandora. 09/18/12: considered as the bringer of all evil to mankind. Prometheus considered as the helper/hero of mankind. Retaliation of zeus punish prometheus and curse mankind . Prometheus bound an eagle would eat his liver for eternity (grew back overnight). Curse of mankind pandora the first woman: 54. Name origin: pan= all, doran = gift. Zeus send pandora to epimetheus (name means afterthought) Pandora: first woman made out of clay. Each god helped create her by giving her unique gifts. Jar (not a box!) accompanies pandora contains all the evils of the word. All evils escape except for hope (i) good and bad reasons why no definitive reason agreed. We still hope for a better life. Hope most evil, we are spared the worst of all evils: knowing something worst will come (paranoia) How to be a good farmer, how diseases come about, etc
