Pythagoras and Prometheus and Pandora- which ones are myths and how do they relate to humanity?

Question

If you know the meaning behind Pegasus please respond.

The meaning behind Pegasus and what it means to you as a heros tale. DOes Pegasus play a central role in the archetype of a hero and would you have included him/it?

Answer 1

Pythagoras was a greek mathemetician, he was real. Great at geometry, he's most famous for the Pythagorean theorem (giving the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle as the square root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides).

Prometheus and Pandora are both mythical figures -- Prometheus being the human who stole fire from heaven, and Pandora being the first woman on earth, who had a jar with her that she was never supposed to open...being curious, she opened it, and let loose all the evil in the world. Pandora is equivalent in many ways to the "Eve" myth in jewish history.

Pegasus was the flying horse that Perseus rode to conquer the gorgons Medusa and the Cracken, which allowed him to free Andromeda from her curse and take her as his wife.

How do they relate to humans? Not at all, really -- they're mythical greek stories that seek to explain how some natural events in the world came to be, in a misguided, supernatural sort of way. They're really just interesting stories.

Answer 2

Here goes: Pythagoras is NOT a myth. Prometheus was punished by Zeus for giving fire to mortals (read Prometheus Bound). Pandora was the one who was entrusted with keeping the box that held al lthe evils of the world. Since she was a very curious woman, she opened the box, unleashing the evils. When everything else was gone, hope remained. I think that is the best thought to keep in mind in real life. Pegasus was a winged horse. He is remembered for helping Perseus in his adventures. So, as you see, all but the first one (think Pythagorean theorum in math) are definitely myths.

Answer 3

pythagoras is not a myth...he is the guy that figured out triangles...prometheus broght fire to the earth so men could learn to make their lives better and not live in cold wet caves. Pandora opened a box and let all the troubles into the world...but the last thing she let out of the box was hope...so despite all oor troubles we can still have hope that things will get better...pegasus is a flying horse,...watch out for the droppings!!!!

Answer 4

Pythagoras of course is not a Myth .
He was one of the greatest Mathematicians and not only.
Concerning Prometheus now the scientist says that is was a real human been but I cant remember exactly what they are claim about him
Pandora might be a mythical person but you never know

Answer 5

Pythagoras was a great scientist and philosopher:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorus
His contributions - in music and maths - are still employed today.

Prometheus and Pandora are myths. The first brought fire, or intelligence, to humanity; the second released the world plagues.

They can teach us to seek intelligence as our divine right, while not being so callous as to endanger ourself and others.

Answer 6

WellTraveledProg got the definitions right, but his last statement I don't agree with. Pythagoras and his mathematical theories not have any impact on humanity; come on? And the mythology, it is not only a part of history from which we learn. It defines the culture that believed in it. These weren't just stories to the Greeks it was apart of their religion. When our society is gone all of our religions will just the next cultures myths.

Humanity in the present is born from its past, and will be parents to its future!

Answer 7

Pythagoras famous for a^2 + b^2 =c^2
the other 2 are myths

Answer 8

desire replaced into left...possibly the evils of the international flew out, yet Pandora close the container of all interest in time to go away desire..without desire, it may be worse than all evils..desire can convey braveness, braveness, strenght and the strenght to beat the enticements of the evils of this international...Timing is each little thing they say