In Greek mythology, Pandora is traditionally described as what among mortals?

In Greek mythology, Pandora is traditionally described as the first woman among mortals.

Hesiod presents Pandora as a newly created woman sent to humanity as part of Zeus’s punishment after Prometheus gives people fire. Her arrival marks the beginning of a new condition for human life, in which toil, illness, and other hardships enter the world through the opening of the vessel.

This role is not identical to the later biblical story of Eve, although the two figures are sometimes compared because both are portrayed in later culture as women associated with the arrival of human troubles. They belong to different religious traditions and have different narratives.

Pandora is not a goddess in the usual sense. She is made by the gods and receives divine gifts, but the myth treats her as a mortal woman. Some later artistic and literary works change her character, yet the “first woman” description remains the standard summary of the Greek myth.