Pandora's+Box

**Pandora:**

 * By Allison Lyon, Katie Jamer, and Sam Bansil **

**Summary:**

 * Pandora was the first woman on Earth
 * She was created as an order from Zeus
 * Hephaestus created her out of Earth and water
 * She was given gifts by the other gods and goddesses
 * Apollo: music
 * Aphrodite: beauty
 * Hermes: persuasion
 * Hera: curiousity
 * Pandora: means all-gifted
 * As punishment for Prometheus stealing fire from heaven, Pandora was brought to Epimethius
 * She was given a jar and told not to open it
 * Curiously, she opened it and all the evil escaped from inside
 * The only thing left inside was hope

**Type of Myth:**
 * Hubis/Punishment: She was created to punish humans.
 * Creation/Explanation: It explains how evil got into the world.

**Purpose:**

 * The purpose of the myth is to explain why there is evil and bad in the world. The myth also warns people of the consequences that come with stealing.

**Modern Connections:**
 * "Pandora's box" can mean a situation that results in many complications.
 * Pandora radio
 * The Internet: A modern Pandora's box because it holds many evils such as viruses and inappropriate pictures
 * The story is the Greek parallel to Adam and Eve in the Bible. It conveys the same message as it was human's fault there is evil in the world.