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pan⋅do⋅ra

  [pan-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh]
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–noun
bandore.
Also, pan⋅dore  [pan-dawr, -dohr, pan-dawr, -dohr] , pan⋅dou⋅ra  [pan-door-uh] , pandure.
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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.
Origin:
< L < Gk Pandra, equiv. to pan- pan- + dôr(on) gift + -a fem. n. ending

ban⋅dore

  [ban-dawr, -dohr, ban-dawr, -dohr]
–noun
an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
Also, ban⋅do⋅ra  [ban-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh] .
Also called pandora, pandore, pandoura, pandure.

Origin:
1560–70; earlier bandurion < Sp bandurria < L pandūra < Gk pandoûra three-stringed musical instrument
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Pan·do·ra   (pān-dôr'ə, -dōr'ə)   
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. A satellite of Saturn.


[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.
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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)

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