Pandora, in Greek mythology, was the first woman created; according to the poets of the classical age, this one had the grace and sensuality of Aphrodite, a similar dominion to the one of Athena in the arts of the loom, besides the cunning and ability for the lies of Hermes. By order of Zeus, she was modeled with clay by Hephaestus, God of fire and sculptors, as part of a punishment to humanity. This would be a fragment of the revenge that he plotted against Prometheus, the Titan who gave gifts to humanity, after he carried out a series of deceptions towards the Gods, making them ridiculous.
Prometheus, seeking to benefit mortals, decided to arm a series of deceptions against the Gods. The first one consisted in separating the meat and the viscera of the ox offered in sacrifice, hiding its bones with fat; in this way, when sacrifices were made, men could eat the meat of the animal. Once the mission was completed, he asked Zeus to choose the portion that the Olympian Gods would eat; He opted for fat and, realizing that they were only bones, went into a rage, so he decided to punish humanity by taking the fire away from them. In view of what happened, Prometheus decided to steal the fire from Olympus, thus returning it to humanity.
In revenge, Zeus asked Hephaestus to mold a woman, the first, with a beauty similar to that of the immortals, and who will also have her grace and abilities. He sent her to the home of Epimetheus, whom she was to marry and in whose jar was the jar containing all the misfortunes of humanity. One day, Pandora opened the vase, -as Zeus had foreseen-, and released feelings full of malice, in addition to diseases and suffering, closing it when only hope remained. Thus, Pandora would go down in history, along with the expression "Pandora's box."
