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August 16, 2011
A legend recreated - this wonderful piece is a fantastic illustration of Pandora's Box
Pandora by ~Cyril-Helnwein
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Pandora

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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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Really beautiful image! :heart: