Prometheus stole the fire from Olympus but how come Zeus punished Pandora?

Question

After all she wasn’t responsible for the theft.
May be I am confused as I am still studying Greek Mythology.

Answer 1

In Greek mythology, Pandora ("all gifted") was the first woman, fashioned by Zeus as part of the punishment of mankind for Prometheus' theft of the secret of fire. The myth of Pandora is very old, appears in several distinct versions, and has been interpreted in many ways. In all literary versions, however, the myth is a kind of theodicy, addressing the question of why there is evil in the world.: Hesiod, both in his Theogony (briefly, without naming Pandora outright, line 570) and in Works and Days, ca. 700 BC, has a very early told and literary version of the Pandora story. The evidence of the vase-painters reveals another, earlier aspect of Pandora.

The myth according to Hesiod

The titan Epimetheus ("hindsight") was responsible for giving a positive trait to each and every animal. However, when it was time to give man a positive trait, there was nothing left. Prometheus ("foresight"), his brother, felt that because man was superior to all other animals, man should have a gift no other animal possessed. So Prometheus set forth to steal fire from Zeus and handed it over to man.

Zeus was enraged and decided to punish Prometheus and his creation: mankind. To punish Prometheus, Zeus chained him in unbreakable fetters and set an eagle over him to eat his liver each day, as the eagle is Zeus's sacred animal. Prometheus was an immortal, so the liver grew back every day, but he was still tormented daily from the pain, until he was freed by Heracles during The Twelve Labours.

To punish mankind, Zeus ordered the other gods to make Pandora as a poisoned gift for man. Pandora was given several traits from the different gods: Hephaestus molded her out of clay and gave her form; Athena clothed her and the Charites adorned her with necklaces made by Hephaestus; Aphrodite gave her beauty; Apollo gave her musical talent and a gift for healing; Demeter taught her to tend a garden; Poseidon gave her a pearl necklace and the ability to never drown; Zeus made her idle, mischievous, and foolish; Hera gave her curiosity; Hermes gave her cunning, boldness and charm. Thus the name Pandora—"all gifts"—in Hesiod's version derives from the fact that she received gifts from all deities.

The most significant of these gifts, however, was a pithos or storage jar, given to Pandora either by Hermes or Zeus. Before he was chained to the rock, Prometheus had warned Epimetheus not to take any gifts from the gods. Epimetheus did not listen to his brother, however, and when Pandora arrived, he fell in love with her. Hermes told him that Pandora was a gift to the titan from Zeus, and he warned Epimetheus not to open the jar, which was Pandora's dowry.

Until then, mankind had lived a life in a paradise without worry. Epimetheus told Pandora never to open the jar she had received from Zeus. However, Pandora's curiosity got the better of her and she opened it, releasing all the misfortunes of mankind (plague, sorrow, poverty, crime, despair, greed, etc.). Once opened, she shut it in time to keep one thing in the jar: hope. The world remained extremely bleak for an unspecified interval, until Pandora "chanced" to revisit the box again, at which point Hope fluttered out. Thus, mankind always has hope in times of evil.

In another, more philosophical version of the myth, hope (Elpis) is considered the worst of the potential evils, because it is equated with terrifying foreknowledge. By preventing hope from escaping the jar, Pandora in a sense saves the world from the worst damage.

The daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora was Pyrrha, who married Deucalion and was one of the two who survived the deluge.

Answer 2

Prometheus Stole Fire

Answer 3

Prometheus stole fire from the Gods and gave it to man, along with this, he tricked the Gods into eating bones instead of meat and did not tell Zeus about the prophecy that one of Zeus's sons would overthrow him that is why he was chained to the Caucasus.

Pandora was the first woman on earth. She was created by Hephaestus, and was given many talents. Beauty, music, persuasion etc...which is what her name means.."All Gifted". Zeus sent Pandora to Prometheus but he refused to accept her and told his brother Epimentheus to do the same but he could not after seeing her and accepted her.

Mercury brought the box down from Jupiter and asked Epimetheus and Pandora if they would watch the box and he would come back for it shortly. Pandora wanted to look in the box but Epimetheus told her that curiosity was basically a downfall of hers and not too. Pandora basically became absorbed with the box and eventually opened it releasing all the bad things into the world; sorrow, crimes, disease etc...Pandora who panicked when this happened slammed the top shut and was afraid to touch it but heard a voice coming from the box begging to be let out...finally she opened the box again and released HOPE.

Answer 4

Zeus didn't punish Pandora. He punished Prometheus, then he offered Pandora to Prometheus' brother. Prometheus warned him not to take her but he didn't listen and they became married. To test mankind, Zeus gave her a Pithos (a jar, although it's known as the box) and told her not to open it. He knew she was curious and would open it, therefore punishing humanity for the fire and for the incident with offerings. she did open it, and released all the evils. But Zeus didn't punish her for opening it. The entire thing wasn't a punishment for Pandora but for everyone else.

Your so lucky I want to do greek mythology lol.

Answer 5

No, no, that's not how it happened at all. Prometheus stole the fire, gave it to man and then was chained to a rock where crows pecked out his liver every day and every night he grew a new one.

It was Prometheus's brother who was given Pandora. Pandora was a punishment for not only him, but all of mankind. But he couldn't have not accepted her, because you cannot refuse the gods. She had the double-bladed gift of curosity, then they gave her the golden box. She opened it and viola! All the evils of the world come out, last to come out was hope. She was not punished, she merely was an instrument that the gods used to create hardship for mankind.

Answer 6

Aren't those two different stories? Prometheus stole fire and Pandora is the greek Eve isn't she?

Answer 7

pandora was punished because she gave the fire to Prometheus, he didnt steal it, pandora gave it to him, therefore she was locked in a box, with all the other demons, whilst Prometheus was chained to a rock and eaten daily by a giant bird

Answer 8

Silversnake is correct. Epimetheus (afterthought) was the brother of Prometheus (forethought). In some variations of the story foreboding is locked in the box and that is why mankind still lives.

Answer 9

Prometheus got punished, all right. He was chained to a rock where a giant bird ate his liver every day and it grew back every night. That would suck!!!

Answer 10

promethus got punished (like the the first guy said)and as for pandora i dont think she got punished but she did relase all of the evil in pandoras box