Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

origin of evil and need for labor

origin_of_evil_and_need_for_labor

A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 452-529 confidence: high

    The Works and Days is summarized as including the two Strifes, Pandora, the Five Ages, the Hawk and Nightingale, Righteousness, punishment from Heaven, and precepts on industry and conduct.

    The summary states that the Myth of Pandora shows how evil and the need for work first arose.

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