Why was Pandora called ‘gifted’?

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YLombardi · Answer 1 · 2022-12-16T13:37:22+0000

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She was created by Gods; each one of them gave her a gift, thus, her name in Greek means “the one who bears all gifts”. Pandora was created as a punishment to the mankind; Zeus wanted to punish people because Prometheus stole the fire to give it to them.

OutOfBound · Answer 2 · 2022-12-22T06:13:10+0000

Finally, Hermes gives this woman a name: "Pandora [i.e. "All-Gift"], because all they who dwelt on Olympus gave each a gift, a plague to men who eat bread" (81–2). ... Prometheus had (fearing further reprisals) warned his brother Epimetheus not to accept any gifts from Zeus.

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