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What name is commonly given to Leonardo da Vinci’s rotating aerial-screw design, a forerunner of the helicopter?
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Aerial screw
What is the ancient Greek name for the large storage jar behind Pandora’s “box”?
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Pithos
Which Hesiod poem links Pandora’s creation to Prometheus’s theft of fire?
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Works and Days
In Hesiod’s Pandora story, what kind of container held the released troubles?
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A jar
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Which Hesiod poem links Pandora’s creation to Prometheus’s theft of fire?
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Works and Days
What does the English expression “to open Pandora’s box” usually mean?
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To unleash many problems
In which ancient Greek poem does Hesiod first describe Pandora’s jar in detail?
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Works and Days
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