Pandora (redirected from pandora shell)

Pan·do·ra  (pn-dôr, -dr)

n.

1. Greek Mythology The first woman, bestowed upon humankind as a punishment for Prometheus's theft of fire. Entrusted with a box containing all the ills that could plague people, she opened it out of curiosity and thereby released all the evils of human life.

2. The satellite of Saturn that is fourth in distance from the planet.

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[Greek Pandr, having all gifts : pan-, pan- + dron, gift; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

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Pandora - (Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks