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Fast Facts on: Pandora
The releaser of the world's troubles
Pandora gets the blame - but did she deserve it?
Appearance: A beautiful young girl
Strengths:Evokes strong desire in all who see her.
Weaknesses:Deceitful but the gods made her that way; in later, kinder interpretations, her curiosity.

Parents: One account has Pandora made by Hephaistos at the request of Zeus and adorned by Athena and Aphrodite. But another story says she was the creation of Prometheus and Epimetheus.

Spouse: She was given as a gift to Epimetheus.

Children: None known; symbolically she is now the releaser or "mother" of troubles.

Associated Sites: Mount Olympus, where she was created.

Basic Story: Zeus, upset with the brothers Prometheus and Epimetheus for having successfully brought fire to humankind, making for all those annoying sparkling lights on the ground at night, decides to even things up by introducing disease, death, and sorrow to......

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Title: Pandora's Box
Approximate Word Count: 380
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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