Pandora

Zeus criou-a a partir do barro com a finalidade de punir os homens que, como Prometeu, se rebelavam contra os deuses. Na Ilíada (XXIV, 527) menciona Homero dois potes (pithoi) existentes em casa de Zeus onde, separadamente guardava o bom e o mal. Pandora abriu o depósito que lhe permitiu espalhar as desgraças pelo mundo.


Zeus created her out of clay in order to punish men, like Prometheus, who rebelled against the gods. In the Iliad (XXIV, 527) Homer mentions two jars (pithoi) at Zeus’ home place, where he kept the good and the evil separately. Pandora opened the box and so let all kinds of misery spread around the world.

John William Waterhouse (1830-1905)-'Pandora'-oil on canvas-1896

Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)-'Pandora'-oil on canvas-1873

Jean Cousin, the elder (ca 1495-1560)-'Eve first Pandora'-oil on canvas-1550 Paris-Musée du Louvre

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)-'Pandora'-oil on canvas London-Trustees of the Royal Watercolour Society

Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911)-'Pandora II'-oil on canvas-1872 Private collection