In Bernard Evslin’s book Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths, Pandora shows the Greeks the danger of curiosity by her opening the box to all the evil and sorrowful things in the world. Pandora is created unlike any other gods, because she is made out of clay by Hephaestus. Because of this, Pandora does not have a mother or father. However, she marries Epimetheus and bears a daughter named Pyrrha. Pandora’s box, her symbol, perfectly illustrates her importance in Greek mythology. The curiosity that Pandora has also plays a huge role in her story. One of Pandora’s other important traits includes her being all gifted, because she receives many gifts from the other gods at the beginning of her life. Pandora’s trait of being all …show more content…
The traits and attributes shown by Pandora can be seen in her story. Pandora’s story starts when Zeus wants revenge on Prometheus for giving fire to the world, so he orders Hephaestus to make her out of clay and Aphrodite to shape her and make her beautiful. After Pandora was made, Zeus decides that each of the gods should give her gift, so they did, and she is called all gifted. Hermes, one of the last people to give a gift, presents to Pandora a box that he warned her to never open, then Hera gives her curiosity. Zeus gifts Pandora to Prometheus’ brother, Epimetheus, for not being involved in his brother’s actions and because he was sorry for the grief that his brother had put upon his family. Epimetheus and Pandora get married and live a happy life, but