A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 489
h no apparent cause, hence called a Panic. ^^^- (Bronze ReUef. PompeU.) Pandora. The first woman on earth. When Prometheus stolethe fire fi:-om heaven, Zeus (Jupiter) in order to avenge himself,caused Hephaestus (Vulcan) to make a woman out of earth, whosecharms should bring misery on men.… … 474 ANCIENT MYTHS charmed with her that he forgot that Prometheus had told him notto accept any gift from the gods, and took her for his wife. Sheopened the box and the ills spread over all the earth. Hope wasthe only blessing which was there. Later writers say that the boxcontained choice…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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