Pandora
Overview
The first woman in Hesiodic myth, fashioned by the gods and associated with the release of human troubles.
Generation
Early Humanity
Symbols
Jar, gifts
Notes
Consort of Epimetheus.
Parents
Unknown or primordial.
Children
Beyond Antiquity
Modern Legacy
Pandora still appears in the modern world through language, science, medicine, astronomy or culture.
Pandora's Box
Today: Something that unleashes many unforeseen problems or complications.
The expression comes from Pandora. In Hesiod's account the container was a jar rather than a box, but 'Pandora's box' became the familiar later expression.
Explore Pandora in modern language →Pandora
Today: A small moon of Saturn.
Named after Pandora, the first woman in the Hesiodic tradition.
Explore Pandora in astronomy →Related Myths
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Pandora
Central figure