what is Pandora's box?

Question

whats inside?

Answer 1

In Greek mythology, Pandora ("all gifted") was the first woman, fashioned by Zeus as part of the punishment of mankind for Prometheus' theft of the secret of fire. According to the myth, Pandora opened a container releasing all the miseries of mankind—greed, vanity, slander, envy, pining—leaving only hope inside.
Before he was chained to the rock, Prometheus had warned Epimetheus not to take any gifts from the gods. However, when Pandora arrived, he fell in love with her. Hermes told Epimetheus that Pandora was a gift to the titan from Zeus, and he warned Epimetheus not to open the jar, which was Pandora's dowry.

Until then, mankind lived life in a paradise without worry. Epimetheus told Pandora never to open the jar she had received from Zeus. However, Pandora's curiosity got the better of her and she opened it, releasing all the misfortunes of mankind: "For ere this the tribes of men lived on earth remote and free from ills [kakoi] and hard toil [ponoi] and heavy sickness [nosoi argaleai] which bring the Keres [baleful spirits] upon men; for in misery men grow old quickly" (Hesiod, Works and Days). Once opened, she shut it in time to keep one thing in the jar: hope 1. The world remained extremely bleak for an unspecified interval, until Pandora "chanced" to revisit the box again, at which point Hope fluttered out. Thus, mankind always has hope in times of evil.

Answer 2

There is a saying that it is bad to open "Pandora's Box" because what you release will come back to haunt you.

It is a myth. Pandora's Box never existed. But in everyday life you can go by the saying and save yourself from a lot of heartache and misfortune if you leave some things alone.

I think there is more meaning and something to learn behind Pandora's Box rather than what exactly existed in it.

Answer 3

Hope is inside Pandora's box.

Answer 4

According to Greek Mythology, it was a box where all the miseries of mankind—greed, vanity, slander, envy, pining—were hidden. Pandora (the first woman, fashioned by Zeus)opened the box leaving inside only hope and letting all the miseries out.

Answer 5

I believe evil spirits. But if your asking about the phrase openning Pandora's box, it simply means starting a whole lot of trouble.

Answer 6

Pandora's box is the box that holds all evil. It is beleived that whoever opens the box will realease destruction onto the world. It is also said to have been opened once before but closed immeditaly after. that is why we have pain and evil in the world today.

Answer 7

Pandora's box released all evil miseries into the world such as greed and envy. All that remained in the box was hope.

Answer 8

Pandora's Box is our ability to think. Before we were content in our 'being', blissfully unaware of all around us. As we aquired knowledge,thinking,reasoning,questioning we lost that innocence. Evil lives only because we have developed the thoughts and intention to do harm to another in any way. Funny how the words live - evil have developed.

Answer 9

According to Greek mythology, when Epimetheus accepted as wife the beautiful Pandora, she received a gift from the Olympian god Zeus, but was told not to open it. One day Pandora opened the lid of her great vase, and suddenly there escaped from it troubles, miseries, and illness from which mankind was never to recover.

Answer 10

A box used by the gods to hold all the world's woes and troubles away from mankind.

Of course, it was a woman who just HAD to open the box! LOL