In John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Eve is compared with Pandora. Milton draws on the Greek myth while presenting his Christian account of humanity’s fall.
Paradise Lost was first published in 1667. Its central narrative describes Adam and Eve in Eden, Satan’s temptation, and the loss of paradise. Milton’s poem includes classical references and analogies, allowing readers to connect Eve’s role in Christian theology with Pandora’s role in Greek mythology.
The comparison does not mean that the two figures are identical. Their stories arise from different religious traditions and have different narrative settings. Pandora is fashioned by the gods in response to Prometheus’s theft of fire, while Eve is created in Genesis and is tempted by Satan in Milton’s retelling.