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1、PrometheusThe Titan god of Fire and ForethoughtThe son of a sea nymph,Clymene and Titan LapetusBrother to the Titan EpimethusMarried to Hesione(daughter of Titan Oceanus)Prometheus means“looking forward”and Epimethus means“looking backPrometheus,s i d e d w i t h Zeus,fought against his enemies.What
2、 did Prometheus doPrometheus watches as Athena gives a soul to the moulded man sacrifice to the godsmeat covered by animal skin and bones covered with a thick layer of animal fatPrometheus steals the fire from Zeus while the god rests with Ganymedes Pandoras boxListen to the story and complete the f
3、ollowing tasksRetell the story Pandoras boxWhy did the gods keep fire for themselves?Why was Pandora created?Who created her?What does Pandora mean?What did the gods endow her with?AthenaAphroditeApollothe Muses HermesHeraZeusTo whom did Pandora marry?What did Pandora do with the box before she unlo
4、cked it?What happened after the box was opened?Why did Pandora become ill?What did Hope do to Pandora to make her feel better?What did Hope look like?DictationPandoraHephaestusbuilderAthenawisdomAphroditebeautyApollomusicthe Muses sing Hermeslies Heracuriosity.Zeusa beautiful locked boxpithos（Greek）
5、pyxis（Latin）boxpithosrefers to a large storage jar,often half-buried in the ground,used for wine,oil or grain.Quotations from Hesiods TheogonyFrom her is the race of women and female kind:of her is the deadly race and tribe of women wholive amongst mortal men to their great trouble,no helpmates in h
6、ateful poverty,but only in wealth.HesiodsTheogony(59093)He reaches deadly old age without anyone to tend his years,and though he at least has no lack of livelihood while he lives,yet,when he is dead,his kinsfolk divide his possessions amongst them.HesiodsTheogony(6047)Punishment TartarusMount CaucasusHeraclesCheironProphecy of ThetisHeracles sets Prometheus freeTask to doTell the story of the12 labors of Heracles结束结束