Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Prometheus: The Trick at Mecone, the Theft of Fire, and His Binding
  Cosmogony / Theogony (divine–human settlement) · Hesiodic (merged *Theogony* and *Works and Days* fire narrative; woman-as-price summarized here; jar episode in separate Pandora entry)
• Pandora and the Jar
  Cosmogony / Theogony (origins of human ills) · Hesiodic — *Works and Days* (named Pandora; jar/pithos of evils; Hope remaining)

Places appearing with them

• Borders of the earth
• Earth
• Erebus
• Fragrant altars
• Hollow fennel-stalk
• Mecone
• Ocean’s streams
• Olympus

Themes

• Binding
• Divine Council
• Hubris
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• Theft
• War