Pandora other pains" (100). Prometheus had (fearing further reprisals) warned his brother Epimetheus not to accept any gifts from Zeus. But Epimetheus did not listen; he accepted Pandora, who promptly scattered the contents of her jar. As a result, Hesiod tells us, "the earth and sea are full of evils" (101). One item, however, did not escape the jar (96–9): <poem> Only Hope was left within her unbreakable house, she remained under the lip of the jar, and did not fly away. Before [she could], Pandora replaced the lid of the jar. This was the will of aegis-bearing Zeus the Cloudgatherer.</poem>
Man in the Box was released as a single in 1991. "Man in the Box" is widely considered to be one of the band's signature songs, reaching number 18 on the "Billboard" Album Rock Tracks chart at the time of its release. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1992. The song was number 19 on VH1's VH1 40 Greatest Metal Songs and its solo was rated the 77th greatest guitar solo by "Guitar World". It was number 50 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s in 2007. Steve Huey of Allmusic called the song "an