Pandora opened the container called Pandora’s box in Greek mythology.
The story appears most fully in Hesiod’s works, especially Works and Days. Zeus ordered the gods to create Pandora as part of a punishment for humanity after Prometheus stole fire and gave it to humans. Each god contributed something to her appearance or character, and Hermes brought her to Epimetheus.
Epimetheus accepted Pandora despite Prometheus’s warning not to accept gifts from Zeus. Pandora eventually opened the sealed container, releasing troubles into the world. Although modern retellings usually call it a box, Hesiod described a large storage jar, or pithos.
The myth is often simplified into a story about curiosity, but Hesiod’s version also concerns divine punishment, human suffering, and the difficult place of hope among the released evils.