Wearing Pandora is swollen and broken [Greek mythology]

Meanwhile, on Mount Olympus.

After Pandora was sent away, all the gods dispersed one after another, each returning to his place.The birth of a human girl is just an inconspicuous splash in their long life. Even if there is a slight ripple, it will soon return to calm.

Now, in the hall where the Temple of Olympus is used to hold the joint meeting of the gods, Zeus sits alone on his own throne.In the empty hall, the sacred fire on the altar was burning fiercely, and the endless golden flames shone on the tall white pillars, reflecting the exquisite and complicated reliefs on them in an unpredictable manner.

——Just like Zeus's mood at the moment.

Prometheus' last words still echoed in his ears, Zeus frowned slightly, and the golden pupils illuminated by the fire concealed a dark stream of anger.

"Zeus, do you think the rule of Olympus will last forever? Do you think you can sit back and relax forever? One day..."

It was a calm and high voice.

When Prometheus, the sinner of God, was taken down, his expression was calm, as if he had foreseen his own destiny, and he showed no resentment.But his words were like a curse engraved in the bone marrow, echoing endlessly in this empty temple of Olympus.

Zeus didn't want to hear the rest of Prometheus's mouth, so he directly sealed his mouth with silence.But even so, Prometheus continued to tell him his prophecy with a pair of determined and deep eyes, as if his gaze had already penetrated the torrent of time and witnessed the end of the future with his own eyes.

It's really hateful!

Extraordinary intelligence, foresight, full of wisdom.

The previous evaluations of Prometheus were almost all these praiseworthy words.However, in the eyes of Zeus, he is just a fool who shows off his cleverness--even though he is a god, he wants to stand against the gods for the insignificant human beings, it doesn't matter.

Zeus thought he was kind enough to human beings.

At the joint meeting of Olympus, the gods made a decision to create creatures in the world, and sent brothers Prometheus and Athena to take charge of related matters.

The birth of human beings was not done by Prometheus alone.Referring to the image of himself and the male gods, Prometheus created a human torso out of clay. Yes, but it is the gods who really "revitalize" people—it is Athena who, as the messenger, gave the human torso instead of the gods. Precious soul and life.

Yes, Olympus did not blame Prome for using the image of a god on a mortal creature, and even gave this creature the qualification to "live". This was the first time he tolerated it.

Next, the main gods of Olympus graciously prepared gifts for all creatures created, so that they can have their own talents and live better in the world.Unexpectedly, Prometheus would let his good-for-nothing younger brother who only had "hindsight" be responsible for distributing gifts to all living beings.That soft-hearted idiot assigns talents to animals without a plan, so that when it is finally the turn of humans, there is nothing left, and the weak and helpless humans have nothing to do but struggle to survive.

Is this result caused by the main gods of Olympus?no.The gods are not obligated to take responsibility for this.

From Zeus' point of view, since Prometheus is very intelligent and foresighted, he shouldn't let his stupid brother Epimetheus get involved in this matter.

Despite such a mistake, Olympus did not punish it.Moreover, when Prometheus wanted to make up for his mistakes and teach human wisdom and knowledge out of guilt, they all turned a blind eye.Even his daughter Athena sympathized with the human condition and generously gave them more means of survival.

This is the second tolerance.

It's just that I never expected that such benevolent tolerance did not bring gratitude, but instead fueled human greed and desire.

No, humans at that time didn't know this, it was the cunning Prometheus who taught them to cheat.Since then, the human heart has become a fertile ground for greed, and human beings will not hesitate to weave lies for their own interests, even if the person being deceived is their creator and ruler—God.

How ridiculous!

Damn Prometheus!He dared to use the excuse that the sacrifices that Olympus required from humans were too harsh, and taught humans to tamper with the sacrifices offered.Wrap the beef bone with beef suet, and then wrap it in cowhide to pretend to be beef to deceive the gods. Fortunately, he figured it out!

He really thought he was very smart!

Smart enough to fool the gods like this!It's a blatant blasphemy!

In his eyes, the power of the gods and kings can be offended so casually, and Zeus felt very angry for his behavior and that of human beings.

However, Olympus at that time did not let the anger fall directly on the world.These irreverents who dared to deceive the gods still live on the ground at the feet of the gods, and this is the third time tolerated.

Didn't expect this to be over yet.

Previously, Prometheus believed that fire would bring great changes to human life, so he made a request for fire to human beings at the joint meeting of the gods.Zeus naturally refused. Fire belongs to the power of nature. All creatures created by God can rely on the power of nature to survive, but they will never be qualified to take the initiative to master the power of nature.

The sacrifice matter has not been settled, and Prometheus dared to make such an excessive request. Zeus was naturally furious, and bluntly said that Olympus would never provide fire to humans.

However, the king of the gods would never have imagined that Prometheus, who was still wearing a sinful body, was so bold that he would take a bunch of dry fennel branches and wait for the sun chariot to steal the fire every day. went.

He stuck a dry fennel branch into the divine fire burning on the sun chariot, and successfully stole the flame that belonged to the god.Even though Zeus sent gods to capture him later, the fire had already burned up in the human world and spread widely.

Three times and two times!Three times and two times!

Zeus couldn't take it anymore.

He didn't feel that he had treated human beings badly. He believed that he could bear with all human beings and Prometheus, but what he got was that they were becoming more and more rampant in front of him!

That's divine fire!is the rule!Did Prometheus want to instigate humans to stand side by side with gods?Where did he get the guts!

It was too cheap for Prometheus to die directly, and he wanted him to live to receive the severe punishment he deserved.He decided to bind the annoying Prometheus on the cliff with an inescapable shackle, and then released a fierce eagle eagle to peck at his liver every day.He wanted him to stay awake at night, tireless, reflect on his own mistakes in the pain, hunger, and fatigue day after day, and never be able to escape.

This is God's punishment, and he deserves it.He must pay the price for his offense against God and his contempt for God's majesty.

However, this is not enough.

The words of Prometheus when he was taken away have been lingering in Zeus' ears for the past few days.

"Prophet" - this is the title of Prometheus.

As the king of kings, Zeus almost dismissed Prometheus, but he was still afraid of Prometheus's identity as a "prophet".

All the gods will more or less respond to future events, but Prometheus was born with "foresight".Not every god possesses this strong ability to predict important future events.

From the time of the ancient god-king Cronus, Prometheus had indeed foreseen many things with his "foresight" talent... So Zeus had deep concerns about his words that day.

One day... will the theocracy of Olympus be lost?

Since the existence of that group of humans might threaten the rule of the gods, then... he has reason to kill this possibility without leaving any room.

With a wave of Zeus's hand, a scene flashed out of the golden divine fire burning on the altar - the vulture eagle on the barren cliff hovered among the clouds, then swooped down, and its sharp hooked beak quickly pecked through the frame. The body of the Son of God brought out a piece of flesh and blood.

Look, Prometheus was still unyielding and unyielding when he was tortured... Huh, if he saw the human beings he cared about most finally destroying himself in front of him, how can his annoying expression be used? Are you continuing to maintain it?

He really wants to know.

It also happened to let all living beings know the fate of violating the divine power.

So, he devised a brilliant plan.He had Hephaestus create Pandora, the first human woman to be the carrier of doom.

When the time comes, human beings themselves will allow themselves to receive the retribution they deserve...

Prometheus... just watch all of this powerlessly...

It's time for you to taste the taste of impotence and rage.

The golden holy flame was dancing, and the picture reflected in the fireworks gradually distorted and dissipated, and a faint smile slowly appeared on the corner of the king's mouth.