In the Greek myth of Pandora's box, hope remains inside the vessel after the other contents escape.
Hesiod's Works and Days describes the container as holding destructive forces or evils that spread through the world when Pandora opens it. Hope is left inside, creating the story's most debated detail: whether humanity is protected by hope or deprived of it.
The Greek word is elpis, which can mean expectation, hope, or anticipation. Because of that range, scholars and translators have discussed whether the vessel's remaining content is a blessing, a withheld resource, or an ambiguous part of Zeus's plan.
The familiar moral usually treats hope as a comfort that survives suffering. That interpretation is widespread, but the ancient text does not settle every philosophical question about why hope stays inside. The central fixed detail is that it does not escape with the other evils.