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• Pandora's Box

In Greek mythology, which titan is Pandora’s brother and is associated with foresight?

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Prometheus

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In Greek mythology, what name means “afterthought” and belongs to Pandora’s husband?

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Epimetheus

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In Greek mythology, who marries Pyrrha after the great flood?

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Deucalion

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• Pandora's Box

Which Hesiod poem gives the fullest surviving account of Pandora’s creation and opening of the vessel?

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Works and Days

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In Greek mythology, which god crafts Pandora from earth on Zeus’s instructions?

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Hephaestus

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Which ancient Greek poet is traditionally credited with naming Pandora in the surviving literary myth?

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Hesiod

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What is Pandora commonly described as being in Greek mythology, before humans existed?

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The first woman

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In Greek mythology, which god gives Pandora her deceptive speech and misleading nature?

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Hermes

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In Hesiod’s Pandora myth, what type of container does Pandora open, despite later translations calling it a box?

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Jar

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In Greek mythology, which goddess teaches Pandora the crafts of weaving and handiwork?

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Athena

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In Hesiod's Pandora myth, who receives Pandora as his wife after Prometheus warns him?

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Epimetheus

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Which J.K. Rowling novel is set mainly in the fictional town of Pagford?

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The Casual Vacancy

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