Pandora's box – a blessing – doing among them? This objection leads some to render "elpis" as the expectation of evil, which would make the myth's tone somewhat optimistic: although mankind is troubled by all the evils in the world, at least we are spared the continual expectation of evil, which would make life unbearable. The optimistic reading of the myth is expressed by M. L. West. "Elpis" takes the more common meaning of expectant hope. And while the jar served as a prison for the evils that escaped, it thereafter serves as a residence for Hope. West explains, "It would be
Pandora Pann Pandora Pann Pandora Pann is a fictional comic book character owned by DC Comics. Pandora debuted in "The Comic Reader" #197 (December 1981) and was created by Len Wein and Ross Andru. Pandora Pann is based on the Greek myth of Pandora the first woman, as related by the poet Hesiod in his epic poem, the "Theogony" (700 BCE). The character was originally slated for a September 1982 publication date by DC Comics. Len Wein and Ross Andru’s Pandora Pann was described in "The Comic Reader" #197 (December 1981) as "the assistant of an archaeologist who unwittingly opens Pandora's box