Pandora’s Box

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1、Pandora’sBox---0903童颖OriginHesiod’spoem---WorksandDaysPandora’sCreationWhenPrometheus(普罗米修斯)stolefirefromheaven,Zeus(宙斯)decidedtotakerevengeHecommandedHephaestus（赫菲斯托斯）tomoldfromearththefirstwomana"beautifulevil"whosedescendantswouldtormenttheraceofmenPandora’sCreationMoregodscontributetoherc

2、ompletion：Athena（阿西娜）----needleworkandweaving，clothedher;Hermes（赫尔墨斯）----“ashamefulmindanddeceitfulnature”,thepowerofspeech,puttinginher"liesandcraftywords";Persuasion&theCharites----necklaces&finery;Horae（霍莉）----agarlandcrown;Hermes:Pandora–“All-gifted”（赋予一切）"becausealltheOlympiansgaveheragi

3、ft"Revengebegan:ZeuspresentedPandoratoEpimetheus,Prometheus'brother.Withher,Pandorawasgivenabeautifulpithoswhichshewasnottoopenunderanycircumstance.Pandoraopenedit.AllevilescapedSpreadovertheearth.ShehastenedtoclosethecontainerButthewholecontentshadescapedExceptforonething----HopePithos(大口陶瓷碗

4、)BoxPithos&BoxThe16thcenturyhumanistErasmusofRotterdammistranslatedpithosintotheLatinwordpyxis,meaning"box”.Thephrase"Pandora'sbox"hasenduredeversince.Today,toopenPandora'sboxmeanstocreateevilthatcannotbeundone.E.g:ThePandora'sBoxofTradeWithCountryAwithrespecttotradewithCountryA,wouldbeanirre

5、versible,strategicmistake.ThankU