CLA232H1 Lecture : February 28th.docx
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The poet adds that there are two kinds of strife on earth, one good and one bad. The good strife, the elder daughter of dark night and of zeus the. Son of chronos, makes people industrious so that they strive to imitate and surpass their neighbors. Then, addressing himself to his brother perses, hesiod begs him not to follow the other strife, in marketplace or courthouse. First lay up food for a year, he advises, and then, if necessary, enter disputes of law. This section contains references to perses" unbrotherly lawsuit to get more than his rightful share of their father"s possessions. Prometheus by craft recovered the fire that zeus had taken from men, and in revenge zeus created a woman of water and earth. Pandora ( the all-endowed ) received all the lures provided by the gods to deceive men. She was eagerly accepted by epimetheus, who had forgotten his brother"s warning against gifts from the gods.
