Often in everyday life, on TV or in the cinema, you can hear the phrase "He opened Pandora's Box!". “By signing this document, you open Pandora’s box”, “This girl is just a walking vessel of Pandora, run!” - different situations, different people, but always the same meaning: a lot of sudden troubles that come as a result of some innocent action. Where did this phraseological unit come from, and what exactly does it mean?
Pandora
Many peoples and many religions have their own interpretation of the act of the birth of mankind. Usually this is the creation of the first people by the hands of the Supreme Being, since the idea of spontaneous generation of people like some kind of flies in meat did not attract the ancient philosophers and religious figures too much. In ancient Greece, a whole pantheon of demiurge gods developed, responsible for their specific activities. Pretty anthropocentric idea. Actually, for the creation and other manual labor among the ancient Greeks, Hephaestus was responsible - the god of fire, the builder, blacksmith and gunsmith, who created his father Zeus' signature weapon - throwing lightning.
Not only Hephaestus was fond of creating various entities. Titan and Zeus's cousin Prometheus created people "looking at the sky like gods", molding them from clay, earth and water. Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus were instructed to distribute various abilities and skills among the creatures of the earth, but Epimetheus, who loves animals, gave all the abilities to them. People created by Prometheus and deprived of their abilities as a result of injustice, vegetated defenseless, in darkness, poverty and misfortune.
Prometheus could not stand such a spectacle and stole a piece of the primordial fire from Hephaestus, transferring with him to people the spirit of invention and the creation of things with his own hands. For this deed, Prometheus paid the price - he was chained to a rock, to which an eagle regularly flew, pecking out his liver. Not only Prometheus was punished. The created people also greatly annoyed Zeus, for which the supreme thunderer sent them the most terrible punishment of all - a woman. The first woman of mankind, created by the master blacksmith Hephaestus: Pandora.
mystery box
Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus, having already shown closeness in the history of animals, accepted the gift of Zeus into the house. And who would refuse? Pandora is the first woman on earth, before her appearance, humanity consisted only of men. Aphrodite gave her beauty, Hermes put cunning and sweetness into her, and Athena dressed her in the best clothes. Of course, Pandora easily seduced Epimetheus and became his wife. Yet alone she was no misfortune to humanity. Unless only for Epimetheus himself. Here the story enters the second part of the vengeful Zeus' plan is a sealed box.
This box, in fact, is not a box at all. In fact, this is a pithos - an ancient Greek jug made of clay. Unlike the more well-known amphora, the pithos is simply huge, human-sized or larger. In ancient Greece, it served as a barrel: it stored grain, olive oil, salt, honey or water. It had a flat bottom and many handles, from four to six. It was such a jug that Zeus gave to the ill-fated family of Epimetheus and Pandora. How did such a pithos transform into a box? Erasmus of Rotterdam, a medieval scholar, historian and writer, took liberties with the retelling and publication of ancient Greek stories around the 1490s, turning an ordinary vessel into a mystical box.
Pandora received as a gift from Hermes not only cunning, but also curiosity. Having heard from the subtle psychologist Zeus that this pithos should never be opened, the curious Pandora, of course, acted like a true woman - she immediately opened the jug. From the ill-fated vessel, innumerable sins, misfortunes and sufferings fell upon humanity. Pandora immediately slammed the lid shut, leaving only forgotten hope at the bottom of the jar, a symbol that hope is now lost to humans.
Epimetheus, having suffered from diseases and suffering released by Pandora, nevertheless released hope to people, and now hope always follows misfortune around the world, as if one step behind.
The meaning of the catchphrase
Now the meaning of this saying is clear: "to open Pandora's box" means to commit an act that will lead to unexpected and unpleasant consequences. There are other meanings:
- Pandoras in the seventeenth century were called European mannequins for fashion shows;
- Pandora in biology is the name of the genus of viruses;
- A river in New Zealand, islands in Canada and the Pacific Ocean are named after Pandora;
- Pandora is the name given to the natural satellite of Saturn;
- "Pandora's Box" as a name is widely represented in literature, cinema and music.
There are many meanings and meanings, but the conclusion is the same: remember, no matter how many misfortunes fall on you, they are always followed by hope.
The plot and its development
In the later tradition
A white sheep was sacrificed to her.
The protagonist of the satyr drama "Pandora, or the Hammerers" by Sophocles and the comedy "Pandora" by Nicophon.
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Πανδώρα
Pandora, 1861 |
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| Mythology: | ancient Greek |
| Name interpretation: | all gifted, or giving to all |
| Greek spelling: | Πανδώρα |
| Floor: | female |
| Origin: | by the will of Zeus |
| Mentions: | Hesiod |
| Spouse): | Epimetheus |
| Children: | daughter Pyrrhus |
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Pandora(other Greek Πανδώρα - "all gifted", or all-giving), in ancient Greek mythology - the first woman [* 1], created at the behest of Zeus as a punishment for people for stealing fire for them by Prometheus. Curious, she opened the vessel (πίθος) received from Zeus ( Pandora's Box[* 2]), from which all misfortunes and disasters immediately scattered around the world, and under the slammed lid, only hope remained at the bottom.
In modern times, the phrase "Open Pandora's casket" has become a catchphrase, which means to take an action with irreversible consequences (usually negative).
Mythology
In ancient Greek mythology, Hesiod in Theogony VII century BC. e. - the first woman on earth, created by Hephaestus at the behest of Zeus - as a punishment for people for stealing fire from the gods for them by Prometheus. The god of fire Hephaestus, mixing clay with water, blinded her with the participation of Athena and other gods who gave Pandora gifts (hence her name): so, Aphrodite endowed her with beauty, Hermes - with sweetness, cunning and deceit, Athena dressed her up.
She seduced Epimetheus, the younger brother of Prometheus, and became his wife. From her husband, she learned that in the house there is a casket (or pithos) received by him from Zeus (or this vessel (box) was received by her from Zeus), and it cannot be opened. If the ban is violated, humanity will face incalculable troubles. Yielding to curiosity, she opened it, and they fell upon the world. When Pandora slammed the lid, only hope remained at the bottom - this is interpreted as the fact that people were left deprived of it.
Their daughter Pyrrha and the son of Prometheus Deucalion became spouses with Epimetheus, for their piety they were the only mortals who survived the flood.
It tells about Pandora in Hesiod's Theogony. Hyginus and Apollodorus do not mention her famous box, Hesiod does not mention the birth of Pyrrha.
A white sheep was sacrificed to Pandora. She is the protagonist of the satyr drama "Pandora, or the Hammerers" by Sophocles and the comedy "Pandora" by Nicophon of Athens.
Professor of Moscow State University A. A. Takho-Godi interprets the myth of Pandora as obviously discrediting the feminine principle as destructive and deceitful - in the era of the establishment of patriarchy.
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- Drama Pandora(1992) written by Jean-Christophe Bailly.
Pandora's box - what is in Pandora's box and what is it for?
The expression "Pandora's box" came to us from ancient Greece, becoming the personification of sudden troubles and misfortunes. There is a version that supposedly the thing that the girl Pandora kept, the Greeks called it differently. But, translating this myth, the scientist Erasim of Rotterdam dubbed this object a box in his scientific work "Proverbs". In this form, the saying has survived to this day.
Pandora's box - what is it?
Pandora's box is a casket in which misfortunes and illnesses were enclosed, such a harsh gift was prepared for people by the Greek titan Zeus. Over time, the expression "Pandora's box" became winged, and received a double interpretation:
- The personification of all sorts of troubles.
- An extremely curious person who, with his stubbornness, can harm himself and others.
This myth was very popular among both the Greeks and the Romans, in both legends the blame for what happened was placed on the gods and Pandora, who opened this box. Another interpretation that appeared in the 17th century, thanks to fashion designers, is also interesting. To demonstrate fashionable clothes, mannequins were created, which were willingly placed in the homes of the rich. These figurines are called Pandora because:
- dolls opened chests with outfits;
- misfortunes turned into the beauty of fashionable things and scattered around the world, giving women joy.
Pandora's box - myth or reality?
Scientists have been arguing for decades whether Pandora's box really exists. If we take as a basis the theory that before the appearance of Pandora with harmful baggage on Earth, mankind did not know diseases, we can assume that we are talking about the development of the race. There are versions that the mysterious box of Pandora is:
- An ecological catastrophe that changed the genetics of people.
- A gift from alien civilizations that conducted an experiment on the population of the Earth.
- An object that destroyed the more developed civilizations of our planet, leaving one that survived, but lost the makings of health and the ability to command energies in mutations.
Legend of Pandora's Box
The question immediately arises: why is the vessel of misfortune associated with the name of the girl, and not Zeus, who filled it? This story is told by the myth about Pandora's box, which was preserved by the inhabitants of Hellas. When people received fire from the titan Prometheus and almost equaled the gods, the rulers of Olympus became very angry and decided to punish everyone. They created the beautiful Pandora to bring a box of troubles to Earth.
The name is translated as "gifted by all", each god tried to endow the girl with the best qualities:
- Hephaestus sculpted a wondrous figure;
- Aphrodite gave beauty;
- Athena prepared the richest clothes;
- Hera gave a great mind;
- Hermes - resourcefulness and eloquence;
- Zeus breathed soul and indefatigable curiosity.
What is Pandora's box for?
Pandora's box is a myth similar to the story of a Trojan horse, because the girl herself did not know where and why she was being sent, and even with incomprehensible baggage, which was given by the Thunderer himself. Initially, the beauty was offered as a wife to Prometheus, but he refused, because he was waiting for a dirty trick from the gods. The brother of the titan Epithemeus fell in love with Pandora and took him into his house with a modest dowry. According to the Romans, the luggage of the bride was brought by the god Mercury himself.
What does Pandora's box mean - this is a sophisticated punishment for people that Zeus prepared. And later he became the personification of what he was stuffed with:
- diseases;
- misfortunes.
What's in Pandora's Box?
Some researchers hypothesize that the contents of Zeus's gift were wisely encrypted by the narrators of antiquity. The mystery of Pandora's box remained unsolved for many centuries, but the troubles and illnesses contained in the vessel can be interpreted as:
- deadly or dangerous viruses;
- seeds invisible to the eye, poisoning the earth;
- radiation, provoking all sorts of cataclysms.
If we assume that in ancient times people called aliens from other planets gods, it is quite realistic to admit the existence of a box with dangerous contents. The version is also supported by the fact that Zeus created misfortunes dumb, so that they would sneak up on people quietly and imperceptibly. After all, viruses and radiation are also invisible to the human eye. Philosophers explain the essence of the myth in their own way, supposedly Pandora's box was a receptacle for the energy of evil that spread throughout the world.
Who opened Pandora's box?
Zeus forbade Pandora to open the gift, but at the same time he hoped that the curious beauty would not be able to resist the temptation. The mystery of Pandora's box quickly ceased to be such, the chosen one of the gods inquired about the contents. The myth tells that tiny creatures flew out of there and began to sting the girl. Based on this presentation, it can be assumed that in reality the beauty released insects - carriers of terrible viruses. Legends are silent about the keys to Pandora's box. In the poems of some Greek poets, it is said that Zeus himself allegedly gave the keys to the girl.
What's left in Pandora's box?
The myth says that after the beauty opened the dangerous casket and suffered from the bites of winged creatures, she quickly closed the lid. But then someone's voice ordered to open it again in order to heal from wounds. This was said by Hope, which Zeus gave to people as a consolation. There are two possible events that followed:
- Pandora obeyed, released Hope and was healed.
- The girl was afraid to open the casket again, and Vain Hope remained forever at the bottom.
What's left at the bottom of Pandora's box? According to one of the modern versions, there was an antidote in the vessel with viruses, more like a gas. But it did not block the harm for such possible reasons:
- there was little substance;
- the gas was released from the vessel too late, the carriers of the viruses had already scattered;
- the antidote did not work on all the victims.
In ancient times, the ending of the legend of Pandora's box was interpreted as follows: no matter what suffering falls, a person will always be supported by hope. What is in Pandora's box is still a mystery. Philosophers draw their own conclusions: good and evil do not arise from nowhere, they are created by people themselves. And it depends only on the decision of a person what choice he will make, and with whom he will remain: with the despair of evil or with the hope of good.
What is "pandora's box"?
Sergey popov
Pandora's Box
When the great titan Prometheus stole the fire of the gods from Olympus and gave people the fire of the gods (see "Prometheus Fire"), the father of the gods Zeus punished the daredevil terribly, but it was too late. Possessing the divine flame, people ceased to obey the celestials, learned various sciences, and got out of their miserable state. A little more - and they would have won complete happiness for themselves ...
Then Zeus decided to send punishment on them. The blacksmith god Hephaestus fashioned the beautiful woman Pandora from earth and water. The rest of the gods gave her: some - cunning, some - courage, some - extraordinary beauty. Then, handing her a mysterious box, Zeus sent her to earth, forbidding her to remove the lid from the box. Curious Pandora, barely having come into the world, slightly opened the lid. Immediately all human disasters flew out of there and scattered throughout the universe. Pandora, in fear, tried to close the lid again, but in the box of all misfortunes, only a deceptive hope remained. Remembering this, we now call "Pandora's box" everything that can serve as a source of grief and disaster if careless.
Pasitiffchik
Prrodlor
Pandora was such a goddess in Ancient Greece. Hephaestus created Pandora at the behest of Zeus as a punishment to people for the fact that Prometheus gave them fire. Pandora became the wife of Prometheus' brother, whose name was Epimetheus. In the house of Epimetheus, Pandora saw a box and opened it. All sorts of disasters were kept in the box, from which humanity still suffers. All of them spread over the earth. Therefore, the meaning of the expression "Pandora's box" is a source of troubles and misfortunes.
There is such an ancient Greek legend that Pandora is the first woman that Hephaestus made for a man, and Zeus handed her a jug in which all the evil of the world was enclosed, and said that in no case should she open it, but a woman is a curious creature and she opened the jar, and evil flew out and the world became evil, but she managed to close the jar and hope remained inside
What is Pandora's Box
Melissa
PANDORA'S BOX
Have you ever heard the ancient Greek myth of Pandora's box? Pandora --
girl, created by Hephaestus from earth and water, - they said in no case
open the box, but did not explain why this could not be done. her life
flowed peacefully and serenely, as in the Garden of Eden. But one day the forbidden fruit
again proved irresistibly attractive, and Pandora opened the box. Suddenly
all the misfortunes of the world flew out of him in the form of a cloud of stinging insects,
from the box, bit Pandora and disappeared with glee, scattered all over
light like a host of evil spirits. And only one thing remained in the box - hope. AND
when she began to beg Pandora to let her out, the frightened girl opened
box again. And hope comforted her.
This myth has a very deep meaning. He tells us that always
there is hope. Hope is the opposite of anxiety and
depression. It holds a hint of a better future. "False Hope" is
absurdity. Any hope is real if it makes you
take action to bring the desired future closer.
Hope has no meaning if it does not inspire action.
It is unforgivable to wait passively for things to improve on their own, instead of
to start creating a worthwhile future.
Elena
- there was such a goddess in ancient Greece. Hephaestus created Pandora at the behest of Zeus as a punishment to people for the fact that Prometheus gave them fire. Pandora became the wife of Prometheus' brother, whose name was Epimetheus. In the house of Epimetheus, Pandora saw a box and opened it. All sorts of disasters were kept in the box, from which humanity still suffers. All of them spread over the earth. Therefore, the meaning of the expression "Pandora's box" is a source of troubles and misfortunes.
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Pandora was such a goddess in Ancient Greece. Hephaestus created Pandora at the behest of Zeus as a punishment to people for the fact that Prometheus gave them fire. Pandora became the wife of Prometheus' brother, whose name was Epimetheus. In the house of Epimetheus, Pandora saw a box and opened it. All sorts of disasters were kept in the box, from which humanity still suffers. All of them spread over the earth. Therefore, the meaning of the expression "Pandora's box" is a source of troubles and misfortunes.
Pandora
(Πανδώρα) - the name of the first woman created by Hephaestus, at the behest of Zeus (Hesiod), as a punishment to people for the sin of Prometheus. Hephaestus created her from water and earth in the image of wonderful beauty, told her a human voice, strength and beauty. Aphrodite, Peyto, and the Charites adorned her with the gifts of their divinity; the mountains crowned her with garlands of spring flowers, and Hermes inspired her with flattery, cunning and deceit and also gave her the ability to speak beautifully. Endowed with all these gifts (Πανδώρα, that is, showered with all kinds of gifts), P. also received a vessel (πιθος) from Zeus, in which all human misfortunes were locked. This vessel was given for safekeeping to P.'s wife, the short-sighted Epimetheus, who took it despite the warnings of Prometheus. Tempted by curiosity, P. opened the lid of the vessel and released all human misfortunes, slamming only one Hope, which remained in the vessel, as a substitute for happiness.
Artemy Shabashov
Pandora (Greek Πανδώρα - “gifted with everything”) is the name of the mythical owner of a magic casket with all troubles and hopes.
In ancient Greek myths, Pandora is the wife of Epimetheus, the younger brother of Prometheus. She learned from her husband that there was a chest in the house that should never be opened. If the ban is violated, the whole world and its inhabitants will face incalculable troubles. Yielding to curiosity, she opened the casket and troubles fell upon the world. When Pandora opened the casket, at the bottom of it, by the will of Zeus, only Hope remained.
In our time, the catchphrase has become a catchphrase "Open Pandora's casket", which means to make an action with irreversible consequences that cannot be undone.
Recently, the use of the expression "Pandora's box" has become more frequent. The more tense the situation in the world, the more often this idiom is used in colloquial speech. Understanding this phrase as an unprecedented source of all kinds of misfortunes and troubles. For most citizens, this expression is extremely clear and does not carry any ambiguities.
The origin of the popular expression "Pandora's box"
This phrase was first used in ancient Greece. In this country there was a legend that tells that in ancient times the god Zeus, who lived on Olympus, ruled the whole world. In those days, people who lived on our fragile planet did not know any cataclysms , wars and bad weather. Citizens lived in contentment and satiety, they were happy with their existence. However, these people did not figure out how to make fire themselves, it was this circumstance that slightly overshadowed their existence.A god named Prometheus saw that people did not have life-giving fire and decided to help them at all costs. He stole a particle of divine fire and took it to people. Zeus found out about this offense and decided to punish this recalcitrant god and the people who took advantage this fiery flower.
God Hephaestus, with the help of earth and water, thoroughly mixed, fashioned a beautiful girl and breathed life and mind into her. She became beautiful, like the sun and cunning, like a fox. The gods endowed her with a well-suspended tongue and excessive curiosity.
If the word "Pandora" is translated from Greek, then it means "gifted by everyone", which is why in ancient legend this girl was called Pandora. Then Zeus gave Pandora a beautiful casket, all carved and adorned with precious stones. However, Zeus added that to open it no gift is allowed under any circumstances.
It is this box in the ancient Greek legend that is called "Pandora's box".
After the girl descended from Olympus to the sinful Earth, she decided to take a look at least out of the corner of her eye at what was inside the casket. That very moment the lid opened and bitterness and illness, fear and hatred, misfortunes and misfortunes escaped to the Earth. and was a gift to the people of Earth as a punishment for not being able to avoid temptation and taking advantage of the divine flame.
Pandora was horrified and immediately slammed the lid of the casket, but it was already too late, all the troubles were already among the people, and only one hope remained in the chest.
This expression "Pandora's box" denotes a meaning that is understandable to any citizen - a source of trouble and problems.
This expression is found only in the mythology of ancient Greece, it is not found anywhere else, therefore it is equally perceived in all countries of the world.
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Titan Prometheus did a lot of useful things to people. He brought them fire, knowledge, taught them many crafts, and life on earth changed, people became happier. Upon learning of this, the Thunderer Zeus severely punished Prometheus. He made him suffer and suffer for several centuries. And then, having learned his secret and forgiving him, he still could not help but take revenge on people and sent indestructible evil to the earth.
The Thunderer has developed an insidious plan. He called the gods to him. The blacksmith Hephaestus, a friend of Prometheus, was given the task of mixing water and earth and fashioning a girl from this mixture who would be irresistibly beautiful and resemble real goddesses with her appearance. When she is ready, she should be endowed with strength and a charming voice. Then he ordered his daughter Pallas Athena to weave for her unusual clothes, just like those worn by goddesses. Then Zeus asked Aphrodite to teach the girl all kinds of love wisdom, and ordered Hermes to endow her with a cunning mind.
And the gods began to fulfill these commands. Hephaestus molded a beautiful girl from earth and water. The gods worked together to breathe life into her. Athena with her charms dressed up the girl, made her look like beautiful goddesses, Hermes taught her to speak intelligently and be curious, and Aphrodite taught her how to seduce men. And the gods called the girl molded from water and earth Pandora, which meant "endowed with all gifts." As conceived by Zeus, Pandora was supposed to bring misfortune to people.
When everything was ready, Zeus ordered Pandora to be lowered to the ground and taken to Prometheus' brother, Epimetheus, who, in contrast to his wise brother, was not distinguished by a far-sighted mind. Prometheus repeatedly warned him to be careful and in no case accept gifts from Zeus. But when he saw Pandora, Epimetheus quickly forgot all the orders of his older brother.
Pandora played before him the role of an innocent girl and embarrassed him with her sweet speeches. Epimetheus couldn't take his eyes off Pandora. The girl was like a goddess, she was wearing expensive clothes, she spoke smartly, and Epimetheus completely lost his head, he asked her to become his wife. The girl immediately agreed and began to host in his house.
Pandora was very curious, Hermes specially endowed her with this quality. In her husband's house, she examined all the nooks and crannies and found a strange box in the basement, closed with a heavy lid. Disassembled her desire to know what her husband kept in him. She asked Epimetheus, but he didn't know. He only said that it was impossible to open it, as a big trouble could happen. What, he could not explain, but he also forbade Pandora to open it.
Pandora's curiosity flared up even more, and she began to wait for the right moment. When Epimetheus left the house, she went down to the basement where the box stood and lifted its heavy lid. And immediately various disasters and misfortunes that Zeus concluded there flew out of the box. At the bottom there was only Hope. She also wanted to fly out after the disasters, but the frightened Pandora slammed the lid, and Nadezhda remained at the bottom.
Neither Pandora nor Epimetheus knew that all these were the machinations of Zeus, who wanted to punish happy people. Evil calamities, sufferings, and diseases that flew out of the box immediately spread throughout the earth. The water was filled with evil.
People used to live happily, not knowing evil, hard work and destructive diseases. Now illnesses and disasters began to come to people day and night as uninvited and silent guests. The prudent Zeus deprived them of speechlessness. So the god of thunder took revenge on both Prometheus and the people made happy by him.
