the uncovered myths  

Pandora

After humans received the stolen gift of fire from Prometheus, an angry Zeus decided to give humanity a punishing gift to compensate for the boon they had been given. He commanded Hephaestus to mold from earth the first woman, a beautiful evil whose descendants would torment the human race. Zeus named her Pandora.

When she first appeared before gods and mortals, wonder seized them as they looked upon her. But she was sheer guile, not to be withstood by men.
Zeus gave her a box that she was never allowed to open. Of course she did it anyway whereupon all the horrors of mankind escaped...

 

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