Definition of Pandora
Pan`do´ra
prop. n.
1.
(Class. Myth.)
A
beautiful
woman
(
all-gifted
),
whom
Jupiter
caused
Vulcan
to
make
out
of
clay
in
order
to
punish
the
human
race
,
because
Prometheus
had
stolen
the
fire
from
heaven
.
Jupiter
gave
Pandora
a
box
containing
all
human
ills
,
which
,
when
the
box
was
opened
,
escaped
and
spread
over
the
earth
.
Hope
alone
remained
in
the
box
.
Another
version
makes
the
box
contain
all
the
blessings
of
the
gods
,
which
were
lost
to
men
when
Pandora
opened
it
.
2.
(Zool.)
A
genus
of
marine
bivalves
,
in
which
one
valve
is
flat
,
the
other
convex
.
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