In the video game God of War III, which character opens Pandora’s Box to gain power against the gods?

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In God of War III, Kratos opens Pandora’s Box to gain power against the gods.

God of War III is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Its story follows Kratos, the former servant of Ares, during his assault on Mount Olympus and his conflict with Zeus. Pandora’s Box is central to the game’s mythology because it contains power capable of harming the Olympian gods.

Kratos had already opened the box in the earlier God of War, but God of War III revisits its importance during the final stages of his revenge quest. The game combines characters and motifs from Greek mythology with an original fictional narrative, so its events do not represent a canonical ancient version of the Pandora myth.

A frequent mix-up is to answer Zeus, since he is the chief opposing god. Zeus does not open the box in this game; Kratos is the playable character who does so.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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