num_pages: 185
description: Spotlighting examples of classical Greek art in the context of findings in anthropology, social history, psychology, classics &amp; classical archeology, Pandora offers a multifaceted look at women in myth, ritual &amp; daily life in classical Greece. Written to accompany an international traveling exhibition organized by the Walters Art Gallery, this volume examines the imagery of classical Greek marbles, bronzes, terracottas &amp; vases in order to understand how women were perceived &amp; how they lived. Pandora offers a new emphasis on myths dealing with the unmarried maiden &amp; the difficulty of the transition to marriage &amp; motherhood--as exemplified in the stories of Danae, Thetis, Atalanta &amp; Amymone. Also explored are images of containers &amp; wild animals as metaphors for women; rituals involving women, such as the wedding &amp; the cult of the Little Bears at Brauron; the character &amp; cult of goddesses &amp; the association of women with textiles.PrefacePreface to the 2nd EditionPandora in the Medieval traditionThe origin of the "box": Erasmus of RotterdamPandora &amp; hope: Andrea AlciatiPandora &amp; ignorance: Rosso FiorentinoRoma Prima Pandora: Eva Prima Pandora: Lutetia Nov PandoraPandora, "gift of all": Elizabethans &amp; Jacques CallotHesiod vs. Babrius et aliaRomanticism, Classicist &amp; VictorianPandora on the stage: Calderón, Voltaire, Goethe &amp; Late-Antique allegoryAddendaAddenda to the 2nd EditionIndex
language: English
title: Pandora's Box: The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol
titlecomplete: Pandora's Box: The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol
genres: Art History, Mythology, Art
ratings_count: 39
publisher: Pantheon Books/Random House (NY)