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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.
According to the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women, Pandora was the mother of Graecus by the god Zeus. "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." [10] It has been debated whether Pandora is here Deukalion’s daughter or his wife, or ...
Pandora, an Athenian princess as the second eldest daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and probably Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. Together with her sister Protogeneia , they sacrificed herself on behalf of their country when an army came from Boeotia during the war between Athens and Eleusis .
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.
Articles relating to Pandora, her mythical associations, and her depictions. Pages in category "Pandora" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
(2) Hellen or Helmetheus In Greek mythology , Pyrrha ( / ˈ p ɪ r ə / ; Ancient Greek : Πύῤῥα , romanized : Pýrrha ) was the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora and wife of Deucalion of whom she had three sons, Hellen , Amphictyon , Orestheus ; and three daughters Protogeneia , Pandora II and Thyia .
According to the Byzantine author John the Lydian (c. AD 490 – 565), Hesiod, in his Catalogue of Women, states that Graecus is the son of Zeus and Pandora, daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha, and says, in addition, that he has a brother, Latinus. [1]
Pandora likes him too, but in Pandora the Curious, she likes Epimetheus, the Titan boy. In Amphitrite the Bubbly it is revealed that Poseidon just wants to make great achievements like his friends. Poseidon has a crush on Amphitrite. Hades is the god boy of death and first appears in Persephone the Phony. He is dark, gloomy, handsome, and he ...