Most likely written in the 7 th century BC, the two poems contain the story of Pandora’s Box and how the holder, Pandora, unknowingly released into the world all manners of misery and evils. Creation of Pandora in Hesiod’s epic poemsĪncient Greek poet Hesiod is credited with writing the epic poems Works and Days and Theogony. The origin of the phrase emerged from ancient Greek mythology about how the first woman created by the gods unleashed misery on the earth, thereby ending humanity’s Golden Age.
The phrase “Pandora’s Box” is used whenever a simple situation or event quickly takes a turn for the worse, resulting in a series of ceaseless and uncontrollable complications. Take an in-depth look at how the first woman Pandora was created, as well as how one particular gift that the Greek gods bestowed upon her become humanity’s worst nightmare.
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