Pandorawas the first mortal woman in Greek mythology, a sort of an Ancient Greek Eve. Following the instructions ofZeus– who wanted to punishPrometheusfor stealing the fire from the gods and giving it to the humans – she was molded byHephaestusand endowed with gifts by all the other Olympi...
A "Pandora's box" is a metaphor in our modern languages, and the proverbial phrase refers to a source of endless complications or trouble arising from a single, simple miscalculation. Pandora's story comes to us from ancient Greek mythology, specifically a set of epic poems by Hesiod, calle...