Slight error, Pandora was a female in greek mythology (well, the first female to be more precise)
Slight error, Pandora was a female in greek mythology (well, the first female to be more precise)
Pandora was the wife of Prometheus (the Titan of Knowledge) who made all the animals and humanity (last of all and out of the only material he had left - clay). In order to give them life, he stole fire from the gods and gave it to his creations, for which he was bitterly punised. In one telling he was tied to a mountain and his heart/liver was eaten by an eagle/vulture and grew back every day. HOWEVER, in another telling, his punishment was PANDORA and her famous box.... I just always found that interesting, vivisection every day for eternity, or a curious wife... fine lines =P
EDIT - just looked it up, it was incorrectly translated by Erasmus of Rotterdam when he first translated Hesiod's tale into Latin from Greek.