n. Greek Mythology The first woman, bestowed upon humankind as a punishment for Prometheus's theft of fire. Entrusted with a box containing all the ills that could plague people, she opened it out of curiosity and thereby released all the evils of human life. [Greek Pandōrā, having all gifts : pan-, pan- + dōron, gift; see dō- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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