As punishment for these rebellious acts, Zeus ordered the creation of Pandora (the first woman) as a means to deliver misfortune into the house of man, or as a way to cheat mankind of the company of the good spirits. Then, when Zeus withheld fire, he stole it from heaven and delivered it to mortal kind hidden inside a fennel-stalk. Firstly he tricked the gods out of the best portion of the sacrificial feast, acquiring the meat for the feasting of man. His attempts to better the lives of his creation brought him into conflict with Zeus. ![]() PROMETHEUS was the Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel who was given the task of moulding mankind out of clay. ![]() Forethought ( pro-, mĂȘtis) Prometheus bound, Laconian black-figure amphoriskos C6th B.C., Vatican City Museums
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