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Pandora

MarkCartwright
pulihedon27Jul2015

PandoraiafigurefromGreekmthologwhowanotonlthefirtwoman,ut--aan
intrumentofthewrathofZeu--waheldreponileforreleaingtheillofhumanitintothe
world.PandorawaaloanunrelatedearthgoddeintheearlGreekpantheon.

PANDORA-ANINTRUMNTOFPUNIHMNT
ThenamePandoramean"gift"and"all".Accordingto(andperhapeveninvented)Heiodin
hiTheogonandWork&Da,ZeuhadHephaitomakePandora,thefirtwoman,fromearth
andwater.ZeuintentionwatouetheeautifulandlovelPandoraaameantopunih
Prometheuwhohadtolenfirefromthegodandgivenittomankind,whowouldinturne
punihed.Zeupromie:
SonofIapetus[Prometheus],youwhoknowcounselsbeyondallothers,you
arepleasedthatyouhavestolenfireandbeguiledmymindagreatgrieffor
youyourself,andformentocome.TothemIshallgiveinexchangeforfirean
evilinwhichtheymayalltakepleasureintheirspirit,embracingtheirown
evil.(Works&Days,5459)

PANDORADIVINGIFT
eforeherdeparture,PandorawagivenarangeofdivinegifteachoftheOlmpiangod.
Athenataughtherallthefinecraftanddreedherinilverroe,Aphroditegavehergrace
andthemeantocreateurningdeire,andHermegaveher"adogmindandathievih
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character"andinherreat"etlieandguilefulword"(Work&Da,67-68,77-78).Ifthatwa
notenough,hewaadornedwithfinejewellertheGrace,crownedwithamagnificentgolden
headandmadeHephaito,andgivengarlandofpringflowertheeaon.Finall,
Pandorawagivenalargetoragejartotakedowntoearthwhichhewatoldhemutneveropen
underancircumtance.

FULFILLINGHRDTINY,CURIOITYGOTTHTTROF
PANDORAANDHLIFTDTHLIDOFTHTORAGJAR
WHICHRLADALLTHVILOFTHWORLD.

PANDORA'OX:THVILOFTHWORLD
Pandora,guidedHerme,waenttopimetheu,therotherofPrometheu.Foolihl
forgettinghirotheradvicenevertoacceptagiftfromthegod,theeautifulPandorawamade
welcomeinpimetheuhomeandthetwomarried,havingadaughter,Prrha.Oneda,and
fulfillingherdetin,curioitgottheetterofPandoraandheliftedthelidofthetoragejar
whichreleaedalltheeviloftheworld.Theeterrilethingincludeddieae,war,vice,toil,and
theneceittoworkforutenance.
Pandora,realiinghermitake,quicklreplacedthelidutitwatoolateandonlonething
remainedinide,caughtintheedgeofthejarlip--Hope--othathumanitmightomehowear
ituddenandeternalmifortune.
"Hope"ithetraditionaltranlationfromtheGreekutactuallmaeetterrepreented
"anticipation"whichincludeanexpectationofothgoodandadevent.Throughthipunihment
Zeuthucompenatedforthetheftoffireandretoredtheeternaldiviionetweengodand
human.

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Pandora

PANDORAINART
ArelieffriezehowingtheirthofPandoraappearedonthetatueaeofthegiganticAthena
ParthenoPheidiawhichtoodinidetheParthenon.AccordingtoPlintheceneincluded20
godlookingon.PandoraappeartooonafewAtticvaeinceneproalinpiredthenow
lotatrplaPandoraophocle.
Inone5thcenturCred-figurekrater,nowintheAhmoleanMueumOxford,Pandoraemerge
fromtheground,molizingheroriginfromcla.Inuchceneeitherpimetheuoratrhold
malletuttheignificanceoftheeha,unfortunatel,eenlotandtheoncemoreillutratethe
richneofGreekmthologeondtheurvivingliterarource.

AOUTTHAUTHOR
MARKCARTWRIGHT
MarkholdanM.A.inGreekphiloophandhipecialinteretincludethe
Minoan,theancientAmerica,andworldmtholog.Heloveviitingand
readingaouthitoriciteandtranformingthatexperienceintofreearticle
acceiletoall.
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ILIOGRAPHY
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Heiod,Heiod(HarvardUniveritPre,2007).
HopeMoncrieff,A.R.,TheIllutratedGuidetoClaicalMtholog(tudiodition,1995).
Hornlower,.,TheOxfordClaicalDictionar(OxfordUniveritPre,2012).
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