The idea of men coming to their death because of women is one that is put forth in the ancient literature. We see men going to hell to win back their wives after her death. We see in the play Alcestis that Heracles goes to hell to win back Alcestis for her husband and his friend. We see in the Iliad how the Argives go to Troy to win Helen back for Menelaos. This sort tells the whole issue of Pandora and the jar.
Men are hopeless when it comes to women.
They will risk their lives in order to win a woman. The women's charm and beauty make her a very powerful creature which men must fear and not trust. Clytemnestra and Medea makes this point very clear for us Even when a woman loves a man her love may kill him. In the Trachiniae, Deianeira's love for Heracles causes his death. This sends the idea that a man should the avoid the love of a woman because it equals his death if he succumbs to her charm and her beauty.