Pandora, the first woman. She was Zeus' revenge upon man for having accepted the fire which Prometheus had stolen. The Gods all gave her gifts (Pandora="all Gifted") which would make her attractive and hence dangerous to man. Epimetheus, Prometheus' brother, despite Prometheus' warning, married her. She had a box or jar in which had been collected all of the world's ills and which she had been not to open. But her curiosity got the better of her, she opened the box and out flew all the ills that now afflict mankind. Only one remained behind: Hope.