Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology.
The "box" was actually a large jar given to Pandora , which contained all the evils of the world. When Pandora opened the jar, all its contents except for one item were released into the world. The one remaining item was Hope. Today, opening Pandora's box means to create evil that cannot be undone.
In classic Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship, to create her, so he did—using water and earth. The gods endowed her with many talents: Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo gave music and Hermes, persuasion. The gods also gave her the gift of curiosity.
When Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus took vengeance by presenting Pandora to Epimetheus, Prometheus' brother. With her, Pandora was given a beautiful box which she was not to open under any circumstance. Impelled by her curiosity given to her by the gods, Pandora opened the box-jar, and all evil contained escaped and spread over the earth. She hastened to close the lid, but the whole contents of the jar had escaped, except for one thing that lay at the bottom, which was Hope. Pandora was deeply saddened by what she had done, and was afraid that she would have to face Zeus' wrath, since she had failed her duty. However, Zeus did not punish her, because he knew this would happen.
I love your mysterious set-up. I always liked that story even though I don't like the fact that it's always a woman messing everything up so I like your male Pandora version more as a balance ;)!
I love this story so much that when echo is taken as a username I use echopandora, because what is left is hope. And because "Echos of Pandora" was the morgan horse I loved as a child.
Very cool! It's so cool to see where we can get our inspiration from! You really have an imaginative mind and the skills to make a picture of the picture you had in your head, that's so cool!
