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In Hesiod’s Theogony, what epithet is used for Pandora?

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Beautiful evil

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Who directed Pandora to Epimetheus in Hesiod’s Works and Days?

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Hermes

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Who directed the creation of Pandora as a punishment for Prometheus’s theft of fire?

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Zeus

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Which Greek goddess gave Pandora beauty and charm in Hesiod’s Works and Days?

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Aphrodite

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Which Renaissance writer helped popularize the phrase “Pandora’s Box” instead of “Pandora’s Jar”?

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Erasmus

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On what date was asteroid 55 Pandora discovered?

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10 September 1858

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In Greek mythology, who gives Pandora her skill in handicrafts?

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Athena

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In Greek mythology, which god’s theft of fire leads directly to Pandora’s creation?

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Prometheus

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In Hesiod’s Theogony, which god is described as creating Pandora?

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Hephaestus

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In Greek mythology, who was Pandora’s daughter with Epimetheus and a survivor of the great flood?

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Pyrrha

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In Greek mythology, which Titan received Pandora as his wife after Zeus sent her to humanity?

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Epimetheus

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The 1929 film Pandora's Box is primarily adapted from whose Lulu plays?

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Frank Wedekind

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