Pandora

First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Pandora, daughter of Deucalion, was joined in love with Zeus and bore Graecus, described as staunch in battle. In Works and Days, she opened the jar and released its evils upon mankind, scattering them and bringing sorrow and mischief to men.

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Life events

• Pandora opened the jar and released its evils upon mankind.(Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1)
  • “But the woman took off the great lid of the jar with her hands and scattered all these and her thought caused sorrow and mischief to men.”
• Pandora bore Graecus after being joined in love with Zeus.(The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20)
  • With: Zeus Graecus
  • “And in the palace Pandora the daughter of noble Deucalion was joined in love with father Zeus, leader of all the gods, and bare Graecus, staunch in battle.”

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

• parent: Deucalion “Pandora the daughter of noble Deucalion was joined in love with father Zeus”
• courtship with Zeus “Pandora the daughter of noble Deucalion was joined in love with father Zeus”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.