Elpis is the Greek name of the hope that remained after Pandora released the evils.
In Hesiod’s account, Pandora opens the container and the harmful forces inside escape into the world. Hope remains behind, commonly identified by the Greek name Elpis. The story’s wording has produced centuries of debate because readers disagree about whether hope is presented as a comfort, as another element held back, or as a condition reserved for humans.
Elpis is not one of the Olympian gods in the same sense as Athena or Aphrodite. She is a personification of hope, part of the mythic explanation for why suffering exists while humans still retain an expectation of better things.
The English phrase “Pandora’s box” also obscures the ancient wording: Hesiod describes a jar or storage vessel. “Elpis” is the specific Greek term connected with the surviving hope, not a general name for every gift associated with Pandora.