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Pandora by John William Waterhouse, 1896. In Greek mythology, Pandora [A] was the first human woman created by Hephaestus on the instructions of Zeus. [2] [3] As Hesiod related it, each god cooperated by giving her unique gifts.
Dr. Pandora is suspicious and sneaks into Richman's heavily guarded observatory in the middle of the night. By coincidence, she also finds a Galactor base with a main beam cannon. She takes pictures of top secret documents with a miniature camera and relates to Nambu that the observatory is a dummy. However, she ends up getting caught there.
Four of the ten mutineers and 31 of Pandora ' s crew died in the destruction of the ship. After an arduous open boat voyage from the wreck to Timor and on to Batavia (Jakarta), only 78 men of Pandora ' s original 134-strong crew eventually reached England, accompanied by six mutineers and four loyalists. For Hayward this was the second time in ...
Pandora's box is an artefact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem Works and Days. [1] Hesiod related that curiosity led her to open a container left in the care of her husband, thus releasing curses upon mankind.
Pandora is an inner satellite of Saturn. It was discovered in 1980 from photos taken by the Voyager 1 probe and was provisionally designated S/1980 S 26. [5] In late 1985, it was officially named after Pandora from Greek mythology. [6] It is also designated as Saturn XVII. [7] Pandora was thought to be an outer shepherd satellite of the F Ring.
Pandora is a c.1896 painting by John William Waterhouse, now in a private collection. The painting is titled Pandora in honor of Pandora , the first woman according to Greek mythology . [ 1 ] Created by order of Zeus to introduce all evil into the lives of men, after Prometheus , against divine will, gave them the gift of fire.
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.
55 Pandora is a fairly large and very bright asteroid in the asteroid belt. Pandora was discovered by American astronomer and Catholic priest George Mary Searle on September 10, 1858, from the Dudley Observatory near Albany, NY . [ 5 ]