Created by → Hephaistos at the behest of → Zeus, and equipped with every seductive gift, she was despatched to earth as the first woman. With her she had a box (really a barrel: in Greek pithos) containing sorrow and misfortune. It is...

In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman. Each god helped create her by giving her unique gifts. Zeus ordered Hephaestus to create her as part of the punishment of mankind for Prometheus' theft of the secret of fire, and all the gods joined in...