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Pandora got her box from Zeus, the king of the gods. Zeus warned Pandora not to open the box. But Pandora was a very curious person who liked to learn new things and didn't like to be told 'no'. So she opened the box and out came all manner of cursedly hard work, disease, evil, and ill. But at the bottom were the very epitome, motivator and strength of mortals throughout all places and times: hope.

Prometheus stole fire from heaven. Because of this theft, Zeus took vengeance on him by betrothing Pandora to Prometheus's brother Epimetheus. The box was given to her, when she was married to Epimetheus, along with instructions that she never was to open the box. The gods gave her the curiosity which they knew would cause her to open the box and spill the evil out into the world.

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Actually, Zeus knew she would open it. The bad things were meant to punish Prometheus.

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