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pan·do·ras box

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  1. Pandoras boxnoun

    A source of unforeseen trouble

  2. Pandoras boxnoun

    A box given to Pandora by Zeus whose instructions that it must not be opened were ignored with disastrous consequences

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  1. pandoras box

    Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem Works and Days. Hesiod reported that curiosity led her to open a container left in the care of her husband, thus releasing physical and emotional curses upon mankind. Later depictions of the story have been varied, while some literary and artistic treatments have focused more on the contents than on Pandora herself. The container mentioned in the original account was actually a large storage jar, but the word was later mistranslated. In modern times an idiom has grown from the story meaning "Any source of great and unexpected troubles", or alternatively "A present which seems valuable but which in reality is a curse".

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pandoras box in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pandoras box in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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