A beautiful woman (
all-gifted), whom
Jupiter caused
Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because
Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven.
Jupiter gave
Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it. [
1913 Webster]