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In Greek mythology, which Roman poet retold the Pandora story in Metamorphoses?

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Ovid

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Which moon of Saturn is named Pandora and shepherds the planet’s F ring?

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Pandora

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In Greek mythology, what was Pandora called before she received her name?

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Woman

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In Hesiod’s account of Pandora, which goddess clothes her in splendid garments?

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Athena

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In the 2016 film Pandora, what type of facility suffers the disaster at the story’s center?

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Nuclear power plant

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In Hesiod’s Works and Days, which Greek figure is described as Pandora’s husband?

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Epimetheus

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In Hesiod’s poem Works and Days, which Greek poet tells the fullest surviving version of Pandora’s story?

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Hesiod

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What is the Greek name commonly given to the hope left in Pandora’s jar?

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Elpis

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Which sixteenth-century scholar helped popularize the phrase “Pandora’s box” by translating the jar as a box?

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Desiderius Erasmus

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In the Pandora myth, which god gives Pandora a deceptive mind and persuasive speech?

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Hermes

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In Hesiod’s Pandora story, which god fashions Pandora from earth?

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Hephaestus

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In Greek mythology, which god sent Pandora as a punishment after Prometheus gave fire to humans?

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Zeus

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