Pandora - The First Woman Trivia Quiz

Answer: To punish man for accepting the gift of fire from Prometheus

Prometheus and his brother created the first man and set about providing man and all other animals with faculties needed for them to survive. When the task came to providing man with his gift there was difficulty in deciding on what should be given to show man's supremacy over other animals. Eventually, Prometheus, along with the help of Athena, went up to heaven in a chariot and brought back to earth fire which he had taken from the sun.

The Gods were angered by this and so created Pandora in order to punish man.

Answer: Persuasion

Zeus ordered Hephaestus to mould Pandora out of the Earth. Hephaestus was the only Olympian to have been exiled from Mount Olympus. His mother, Hera, was infuriated that she had given birth to Hephaestus, who was lame. She subsequently threw him from Mount Olympus and he fell for nine days until he landed in the ocean. Other sources claim that it was the fall which crippled Hephaestus.

Answer: All Giving

Many incorrectly believe Pandora's name to mean "All Gifted" due to incorrect translations from Hesiod's poem "Works and Days".
Baby name books also claim the name Pandora to mean "Gifted".

Answer: Anesidora

A "Kylix" is a drinking cup most commonly containing wine.
The name Anesidora literally means "She who sends up gifts".
This particular white dish depicts Hephaestus and Athena as they finished creating Pandora.

Answer: Prometheus

Prometheus and Epimethius along with Menoetius and Atlas were the sons of the Titan Iapetus. Astraeus, Pallas and Perses were the sons of Crius.
Many stories also claim that once presented with Pandora, Epimethius married her.

Answer: Theogony

Hesiod's "Theogony" is the lesser known prequel to the more famous "Works and Days" which also speaks of the story of Pandora.
Hesiod's "Theogony" is a very long poem, giving a full account of the creation of the World and the origins of the Titans and Gods.

Answer: A Jar

The original story by Hesiod recall Pandora's opening of a "pithos", literally meaning a large jar. However, in the 16th century after the translation of Hesiod's poem into Latin by Erasmus of Rotterdam, the word "pithos" was translated to "pyxis" which is Latin for box.

Answer: False

Pandora opened the box due to her curiosity, a quality given to her by the Gods. The box was kept in the house of Epimetheus and contained bad qualities which could be given to man.

Answer: Treason

Envy, spite and revenge were plagues of the mind. Other evils which escaped from the box were gout, rheumatism and colic which were plagues of the body.

Answer: Hope

Pandora, realising she had done wrong by opening the box quickly replaced the lid. However, all evils had already escaped.
Although it was never revealed why hope remained, some authors have speculated that it means that regardless of the evils in our world, hope never leaves us.