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• Pandora's Box

In Greek mythology, which god leads Pandora to Epimetheus?

Answer

Hermes

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• Pandora's Box

In Greek mythology, what kind of object did Zeus give Pandora to carry?

Answer

A jar

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• Pandora's Box

In Greek mythology, which goddess dresses Pandora after her creation?

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Athena

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• Pandora's Box

Which 1858 asteroid was named after Pandora, the woman from Greek mythology?

Answer

55 Pandora

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Which Greek Titan is punished with an eagle eating his liver after helping humanity in the Pandora myth cycle?

Answer

Prometheus

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• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, what escaped from Pandora’s vessel and spread among humans?

Answer

Evils

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• Pandora's Box

Which ancient Greek poet first recorded the full myth of Pandora and humanity’s troubles?

Answer

Hesiod

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In Greek mythology, which brother of Prometheus received Pandora despite being warned?

Answer

Epimetheus

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• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, what Greek vessel is often mistranslated as Pandora’s “box”?

Answer

Pithos

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• Pandora's Box

What single thing remains inside Pandora’s vessel after the other troubles escape?

Answer

Hope

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In Hesiod’s Works and Days, which Olympian god is ordered to shape Pandora from earth?

Answer

Hephaestus

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• J.R.R. Tolkien

What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s final academic lecture at Oxford, delivered in 1959?

Answer

Valedictory lecture

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