Elpis 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 (96–99), hope: <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> Hesiod does not say why hope ("elpis") remained in the jar. The implications of Elpis remaining in the jar were the subject of intense debate even
Pandora Pandora In Greek mythology, Pandora (Greek: , derived from , "pān", i.e. "all" and , "dōron", i.e. "gift", thus "the all-endowed", "all-gifted" or "all-giving") was the first human woman, created by Hephaestus on the instructions of Zeus. As Hesiod related it, each god co-operated by giving her unique gifts. Her other name — inscribed against her figure on a white-ground "kylix" in the British Museum —is Anesidora (), "she who sends up gifts" ("up" implying "from below" within the earth). The Pandora myth is a kind of theodicy, addressing the question of why there is evil in the world. According