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Pandora, the first woman ever created in greek mythology
"Pandora" - Oil on canvas by John William Waterhouse, 1896. Private collection

Pandora was the first woman created by the Olympian gods

Pandora was the first female person ever created by the Greek gods. Zeus, the King of the gods, ordered from Hephaestus, the blacksmith, to create a female human form out of earth and water and to make her look as beautiful as the gods.

All Olympian gods contributed to the creation of her appearance and personality, in both a positive and a negative way.
Aphrodite, the goddess of love, blessed her with beauty and grace, but on the other side there was Apollo, the god of the music, who seeded lies into Pandora's soul...
Athena, with the help of the Graces , ornated her with golden jewellery, but Hermes, the gods' messenger, made her shameless and Hera, the wife of Zeus, blessed her with extreme curiosity...

Because of the many gifts she received, the woman became entitled with the name Pandora, the "all-endowed".

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Idioms of Pandora

"to open Pandora's box": to unfold unsuspected problems


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