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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: The myth of Pandora's box

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Curiosity: a bensilsg, or a crsue? The paradoxical nature of this trait was personified for the acinnet Greeks in the mythical figure of Pandora. According to legend, she was the first mortal woman, whose balnzig curiosity set a chain of earth-shattering events in motion.

pordana was breathed into being by Hephaestus, God of fire, who eielstnd the help of his divine companions to make her extraordinary. From Aphrodite she received the capacity for deep emotion; from Hermes she gained mastery over language. Athena gave the gift of fine craftsmanship and attention to detail, and heemrs gave her her name.

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Curiosity: a ________, or a _____? The paradoxical nature of this trait was personified for the _______ Greeks in the mythical figure of Pandora. According to legend, she was the first mortal woman, whose _______ curiosity set a chain of earth-shattering events in motion.

_______ was breathed into being by Hephaestus, God of fire, who ________ the help of his divine companions to make her extraordinary. From Aphrodite she received the capacity for deep emotion; from Hermes she gained mastery over language. Athena gave the gift of fine craftsmanship and attention to detail, and ______ gave her her name.

Solution


  1. ancient
  2. blessing
  3. enlisted
  4. pandora
  5. blazing
  6. hermes
  7. curse

Original Text


Curiosity: a blessing, or a curse? The paradoxical nature of this trait was personified for the ancient Greeks in the mythical figure of Pandora. According to legend, she was the first mortal woman, whose blazing curiosity set a chain of earth-shattering events in motion.

Pandora was breathed into being by Hephaestus, God of fire, who enlisted the help of his divine companions to make her extraordinary. From Aphrodite she received the capacity for deep emotion; from Hermes she gained mastery over language. Athena gave the gift of fine craftsmanship and attention to detail, and Hermes gave her her name.

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  1. ancient
  2. aphrodite
  3. athena
  4. attention
  5. blazing
  6. blessing
  7. breathed
  8. capacity
  9. chain
  10. companions
  11. craftsmanship
  12. curiosity
  13. curse
  14. deep
  15. detail
  16. divine
  17. enlisted
  18. events
  19. extraordinary
  20. figure
  21. fine
  22. fire
  23. gained
  24. gave
  25. gift
  26. god
  27. greeks
  28. hephaestus
  29. hermes
  30. language
  31. legend
  32. mastery
  33. mortal
  34. motion
  35. mythical
  36. nature
  37. pandora
  38. paradoxical
  39. personified
  40. received
  41. set
  42. trait
  43. woman