Pandora

Pandora (Greqisht:  , rrjedh nga   , pān,  "të gjithë" dhe , dōron, d.m.th. "dhuratë", pra "i gjithëdhuruari", "gjithë dhurata" ose "dhurimi i gjithanshëm")  në mitologjinë greke  ishte gruaja, femra e parë njerëzore e krijuar nga Hefesti me udhëzimet e Zeusit . "Scatter-brained [of Zeus the woman, the maiden whom he had formed." (Hesiod, Theogony 510 ff (Hugh G. White, translator)  Sipas Hesiodit, secila Perëndi bashkëpunoi duke dhënë dhuratat e saj unike. Emri tjetër i saj - i gdhendur në një kylix e që ndodhet në Muzeun Britanik është <ref>B.M. 1881,0528.1: White ground technique cup from Nola, painted by the Tarquinia painter, c. 470–460 BCE (British Museum on-line catalogue entry )</ref> Anesidora''', "ajo që dërgon dhurata" Harrison, Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion 3rd ed., 1922:281. If Anesidora/Pandora were already "all-gifted", this would be an instance of mythic inversion. (duke nënkuptuar këtu kontekstin "nga poshtë" nga brenda tokës). 

Miti i Pandorës është një lloj teodiceje, duke trajtuar pyetjen se pse ekziston e keqja në botë. Sipas kësaj, Pandora hapi një kuti (pithos), duke lëshuar të gjitha të këqijat e njerëzimit, e që në rrëfimet moderne ndonjëherë trajtohet si "Kutia e Pandorës". Interpretimi i Hesiodit për historinë e Pandorës vazhdoi të ndikojë në teologjinë hebraike dhe të krishterë dhe kështu përjetësoi reputacionin e saj të keq në kohën e Rilindjes. Poetë, dramaturgë, piktorë dhe skulptorë të mëvonshëm e bënë atë temën e tyre dhe gjatë pesë shekujve kontribuuan në njohuri të reja për motivet dhe rëndësinë e saj. 

 Galeria 

 Shih edhe 
 Hesiodi
 Mitologjia
 Mitologjia greke
 Kutia e Pandorës

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 Literatura 

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