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Pan⋅do⋅ra
[pan-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh] 
–noun
| Classical Mythology. the first woman, created by Hephaestus, endowed by the gods with all the graces and treacherously presented to Epimetheus along with a box (originally a jar) in which Prometheus had confined all the evils that could trouble humanity. As the gods had anticipated, Pandora gave in to her curiosity and opened the box, allowing the evils to escape, thereby frustrating the efforts of Prometheus. In some versions, the box contained blessings, all of which escaped but hope. |
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| Pan·do·ra
(pān-dôr'ə, -dōr'ə) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Greek Pandōrā, having all gifts : pan-, pan- + dōron, gift; see dō- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Pandora
1579, first mortal woman, made by Hephaestus and given as a bride to Epimetheus, from Gk. pandora "all-gifted," from pan "all" + doron "gift," from PIE base *do- "to give." Pandora's box (1579) refers to her gift from Zeus, which was foolishly opened by Epimetheus, upon which all the contents escaped. They were said to be the host of human ills, or, in a later version, all the blessings of the god, except Hope, which alone remained.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| pandora | |
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| (Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils |
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Pandora language
Parlog extended to allow don't-know nondeterminism.
["Pandora: Non-Deterministic Parallel Logic Programming", R. Bahgat et al, Proc 6th Intl Conf Logic Programming, MIT Press 1989 pp. 471-486].
(1995-04-27)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Pandora, OH (village, FIPS 59738)
Location: (40.946883, -83.959905)
Population (2000): 1,188 (458 housing units)
Area: 0.812558 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 45877
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Pandora
Pan*do"ra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. Pandw`ra; pa^s, pa^n, all + dw^ron a gift.]1. (Class. Myth.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine bivalves, in which one valve is flat, the other convex.
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