Hesiod's Analysis

As Hesiod explains, from the start, the formation of the first woman was unnatural and monstrous. The gods molded this creature from clay and adored her with untold beauty. They then placed her into the civilized world and as she steps foot both God and men become overpowered by “... the wonders [that] possessed both immortal gods and mortal men, when they saw the thorny deception, irresistible for men.” (Hesiod 42) The female, like all other monsters, is a hybrid with morphological oddities and extraordinary physical powers that threaten Greek society. And since she is not “fully human”, she bridges between the divine powers of the gods and the destructive power of nature. Her formation from the earth, furthermore, goes beyond the boundaries
of what the Greeks believed as possible. As the descriptive imagery demonstrates, her unnatural beauty was beyond what man had ever laid eyes on. (Even gods were bewildered by such beauty.) It was so enchanting that men became blind to her destructive purpose. The blindness allowed for the first woman to manipulation man into partaking in evil action. For her beauty, she also severe as a reminder of the punishment man will endure forever.