In Greek mythology, Anesidora is identified with Pandora in some ancient traditions.
Anesidora is an epithet whose name is commonly interpreted as “she who sends up gifts” or “she who sends up things.” The name appears in ancient Greek religious and artistic contexts, and some scholarship connects an Anesidora figure with Pandora, the woman created in the myth associated with the jar.
The identification is not a simple universal name change. Pandora and Anesidora belong to different strands of Greek tradition, and ancient sources do not present one single standardized version of the myth. Pandora’s name is especially prominent in Hesiod, while Anesidora appears as a cultic or descriptive name connected with the earth and its gifts.
This distinction helps explain why Greek mythology contains overlapping names and attributes. Modern summaries often treat Pandora as a single fixed character, but ancient myth developed through poetry, worship, art, and local traditions that could preserve related figures separately.