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 Pandora   [|Pandora] was the first woman on Earth. She was invented by [|Hephaestus] on the orders of [|Zeus]. Each god gave her a gift that she could use on earth. She was given beauty, grace, and desire by Aphrodite. Hermes gave her cunning and boldness. Demeter taught her how to take care of a garden. Athena taught her how to spin, giving her manual dexterity. Apollo taught her how to play the lie and how to sing beautifully. Poseidon gave her a beautiful pearl necklace and the promise that she would never drown. Zeus gave her the gift of being foolish, idle, and mischievous. Finally, all the gods gave her the name Pandora, which means “All-Gifted”. She was created to destroy mankind after Prometheus stole fire from heaven and he and his brother provided the mortal men of earth with it, against Zeus’s orders. In order to get even, Zeus came up with a plan. He told Hephaestus to mold a woman made of earth. When she was ready, they brought her to life and took her to earth to give her to Epimetheus. [|Prometheus] knew the gods were angry and he warned his brother not to take anything from them. However, Epimetheus was swept away by Pandora’s beauty and decided to take her despite his brother’s warning. He also decided to marry her. When they gave Pandora to [|Epimetheus], she had a mysterious box with her. She was told to never open it. After she was given the box, Herme gave her curiosity, because of that, Pandora always wondered what was in the box. She waited as long as she could, then she decided to take a little peek. As soon as she opened it, all of the evil and mischief flew over the universe. All of the evil went to cause havoc and try to destroy mankind, which was what Zeus wanted. Pandora started to feel very guilty. When she looked at the bottom of the box, the only thing left was hope.

Besides greek mythology, the word pandora isn't used for many things. The only two things its used for is Pandora radio and Pandora battery. I respect Pandora a lot, however, I wonder what it would've been like if she hadn't opened the box. I'm not too sure about if I would be friends with her or not. The only quality that I didn't like of hers was curiosity, because it made her open the box.