In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman. Each god helped create her by giving her unique gifts. Zeus ordered her creation as a punishment for mankind, in retaliation for Prometheus' having stolen fire and then giving it to humans for their use. She is most famous for carrying a pithos (jar) containing all the world's evils. She releases these evils, and tries to close the lid but it was too late, everything escaped bar one last thing - Hope, Humanity's only salvation.
From my photo-series "Myths & Fairytales". This is not a digitally manipulated photograph.
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Given 2011-08-16
A legend recreated - this wonderful piece is a fantastic illustration of Pandora's Box Pandora by ~Cyril-Helnwein (
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Ich finde es schön immer wieder zu so einem Bild zurückzukommen. Eher oder später wird man doch zwangsläufig zum Optimist und das Foto passt sehr gut dazu. <3
Haha, whatever that means... you know happiness, you also know sadness and so on. A 'happy' Mensch also always knows the flipside of the coin... Anyway, love this photo.
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