Pandora (Greek myth)

In Greek mythology, Pandora (Greek: Πανδώρα, derived from πᾶν, pān, i.e. "all" and δῶρον, dōron, i.e. "gift", thus "the all-endowed", "all-gifted" or "all-giving")[1] was the name of the following women:

References

  1. πᾶν, δῶρον. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project; Evelyn-White, note to Hesiod, Works and Days Schlegel and Weinfield, "Introduction to Hesiod" p. 6; Meagher, p. 148; Samuel Tobias Lachs, "The Pandora-Eve Motif in Rabbinic Literature", The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 67, No. 3 (Jul., 1974), pp. 341–345.
  2. "Scatter-brained [of Zeus the woman, the maiden whom he had formed." (Hesiod, Theogony 510 ff (Hugh G. -White, translator)
  3. Catalogue of Women by Hesiod
  4. Suda s.v. Maidens, Virgins (Παρθένοι)
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