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Pandora was the first human female created by the Greek gods. She was intensely curious about the contents of a box (or storage jar, depending on the translation) and when she opened it, greed, envy, hatred, pain, disease, hunger, poverty, war and death escaped, causing misery and chaos. All that was left was hope.

Illustration by Alice B Woodward of Pandora opening a box, a wedding gift from Zeus. Pandora and her new husband were instructed not to open it but Pandora’s curiosity overwhelmed her and she disobeyed, thus releasing all sorts of terrible things before she could close the lid. However, Hope (Elpis, the Greek word for Hope is inscribed inside the lid) also escaped.

Vintage engraving of Pandora nad her box after Lawrence Alma-Tadema. In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first human woman created by the gods, specifically by Hephaestus and Athena on the instructions of Zeus. According to the myth, Pandora opened a jar (pithos), in modern accounts sometimes mistranslated as Pandora's box, releasing all the evils of humanity. The London Illustrated News, 1882

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Pandora was the first human female created by the Greek gods. She was intensely curious about the contents of a box (or storage jar, depending on the translation) and when she opened it, greed, envy, hatred, pain, disease, hunger, poverty, war and death escaped, causing misery and chaos. All that was left was hope.

Greek goddess Pandora who was the first human woman created by the gods, specifically by Hephaestus and Athena on the instructions of Zeus. Original edition from my own archives Source : Illustrierte Mythologie, Spamer 1879

Engraving From 1882 Of Pandora. In Greek Mythology She Was The First Woman And Is Also Known For Opening The Jar Containing All The Evils Of The World. This Is Normally Called "Pandora's Box".

19th-century illustration of Pandora, the first woman created by the gods in Greek mythology. Original artwork published in "A pictorial history of the world's great nations: from the earliest dates to the present time" by Charlotte M. Yonge (Selmar Hess, New York, 1882).

"Vintage engraving showing the God Mercury carrying Pandora. In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman. The god Mercury (Hermes in Greek mythology) was a messenger, and a god of trade, the son of Maia Maiestas and Jupiter in Roman mythology."

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