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In Hesiod’s Greek mythology, what material was used to fashion Pandora?
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Clay
In which Hesiod poem does the fullest ancient version of the Pandora jar story appear?
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Works and Days
Which Renaissance scholar’s Latin translation helped turn Hesiod’s jar into the modern “Pandora’s box”?
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Erasmus
In Greek mythology, what is the Greek name for the large jar later called Pandora’s box?
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Pithos
In Greek mythology, which poet first tells the story of Pandora and the jar in Works and Days?
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Hesiod
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In which Hesiod poem does the fullest ancient version of the Pandora jar story appear?
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