In God of War III, Kratos opens Pandora’s Box.
God of War III is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It continues the story of Kratos, a Spartan warrior who wages war against the gods of Greek mythology. Pandora’s Box is a central object in the game’s plot and is connected to Kratos’s attempt to defeat Zeus.
The game uses figures and objects from Greek myth but changes their roles and events for dramatic action. Its Pandora is a character involved in the game’s quest, while the box becomes a source of power associated with the conflict between Kratos and Olympus.
This fictional version should not be treated as evidence about the ancient myth. In Hesiod, Pandora is a woman created by the gods and the container is a jar; in God of War III, the object is part of a modern video-game narrative with combat, boss battles, and supernatural powers.