Origin Stories of Greek Mythology 2: Pandora

After Prometheus stole the fire and gave it to human beings, Zeus' was still burning with fury and wanted to take back the blessing he gave it to human beings. Zeus ordered Hephaestus to create a woman out of the earth and planned to give her to Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus. Prometheus warned his brother Epimetheus against the possible tricks of gods and repeatedly told him to be careful against receiving any gift from gods. According to Hesiod's writing that is called Works and Days, Pandora was sent to Epimetheus with a jar that contains all of the misery and evil imaginable. The Olympian Gods didn't tell Pandora what was inside the box and told her not to open it in any case. According to multiple stories, Pandora was the first woman among the human beings in Greek mythology, painting her as an Eve of the Ancient Greeks who brought about the fall of mankind. 

After Epimetheus accepts Zeus' gifts and marries Pandora, they live a happy life for some time. Pandora's willpower declines as the day go by and she becomes overwhelmed with curiosity. One day when Epimetheus wasn't at home, Pandora decides to open the box and all hell breaks loose. Every kind of misery and evil that was locked inside the box becomes free and invades the world of human beings. Human beings starve to death due to famines, they are brutally murdered in violent wars, human beings kill each other and every other imaginable evil corrupts them to their bones. Once overwhelmed with curiosity, Pandora now is overwhelmed with regret and despair. She looks at the box expecting it to be empty. But there is one little thing left at the bottom of the box, which is hope.