Pandora

parapamje| *Pandora* (1861) nga Pierre Loison (1816–1886)
**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 .   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  **Anesidora**, "ajo që dërgon dhurata"  (*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 

Skeda:Madame Vestris as Pandora.jpg|Madame Vestris në *Prometheus dhe Pandora*, - 1831
Skeda:Alexandre Cabanel - Pandora - Walters 3799.jpg|Sopranoja suedeze Christina Nilsson si *Pandora* nga Alexandre Cabanel, 1873
Skeda:Pandora-1879.jpg|Jane Morris - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1879
Skeda:Yvonne Park - Pandora.png|Fotogrami i Yvonne Gregory, pozë nga një pikturë, 1919

## Shih edhe 
* Hesiodi
* Mitologjia
* Mitologjia greke
* Kutia e Pandorës

## Shënime 
## Literatura 
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