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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.
Elpis was the remaining item enclosed in Pandora's box (or jar), the best known form of the myth found in Hesiod’s Works and Days. [1] There Hesiod expands upon the misery inflicted on mankind through the curiosity of Pandora.
Pandora's box refers to the container opened by the Greek mythological woman Pandora releasing all the evils of humanity into the world. Pandora's box may also refer to: Theatre, film and television
Online music maven Pandora Media (NYS: P) reports fourth-quarter results on Tuesday. Share prices have fallen more than 20% since last year's IPO, though Pandora is singing a different tune in ...
"Pandora's Box" (subtitled "It's a Long, Long Way" for the US release) is a song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released by Virgin on 24 June 1991 as the second single from their eighth studio album, Sugar Tax (1991).
In the video game Astalon: Tears of the Earth, Epimetheus is represented as the "Titan of Death". A malevolent yet somewhat honorable supernatural being linked to one of the main characters of the game (the wizard Algus) with a pact. [citation needed]
The meaning of Pandora's name, according to the myth provided in Works and Days, is "all-gifted". However, according to others, Pandora more properly means "all-giving". [ 21 ] Certain vase paintings dated to the 5th century BCE likewise indicate that the pre-Hesiodic myth of the goddess Pandora endured for centuries after the time of Hesiod.
Original Sin is a concept album performed by Pandora's Box and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released on November 6, 1989. [5] Steinman wrote the majority of this album, although there are a couple of cover versions. It was the group's only album, and was a commercial flop.