The myth of Pandora’s box - Iseult Gillespie

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Pandora was the first mortal woman, breathed into being by Hephaestus, god of fire. The gods gave her gifts of language, craftsmanship and emotion. From Zeus she received two gifts: the trait of curiosity and a heavy box screwed tightly shut -- never to be opened. But what treasure could never be seen by human eyes, and why was it in her care? Iseult Gillespie explores the mystery of Pandora’s box.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Silvia Prietov.
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[@yashaswinarayana7648]

Ted Ed has always amused and educated us in unique and fun way.Thank You team Ted Ed always appreciated your efforts.

[@TEDEd]

Thanks for watching, Yashaswi Narayana!

[@munendersingh5631]

Brilliant

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A beautiful comment

[@smallboto]

True fax

[@lxmondrcp3821]

when you buy a bracket from pandora....

[@netnet_in_a_sweater9351]

Pandora: the first unboxing youtuber

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This comment is underrated.

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Underrated comment HAHAHAHAHA

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veeery underrated

[@pinkwooper5129]

Oof

[@srushtikotangale2064]

Zeus is one mischievous fellow. Whenever something goes wrong in Greek mythology he always has something to do with it.

[@noahi.1381]

Zeus is the real bad guy in Greek mythology. No wonder Kronos wanted to get rid of him as soon as he was in the womb of Rhea.

[@sandeshpatil3785]

he is like USA

[@notmalk_]

@@sandeshpatil3785 what

[@wazirtahfiz3087]

@@sandeshpatil3785 huh

[@laureli4645]

@@sandeshpatil3785 so true 😂😂

[@m.rieee_]

That guy who were punished for giving human fire I feel sorry for him he just wanted to keep us warm 😭

[@Fahd_93]

Yes Prometheus is considered a hero to humans. Thats why Heracles(Hercules) rescued him.

[@hishamrashid5293]

@Bαɳαɳα Sυɳԃαҽ Hercules is no ordinary guy.

[@jejo4911]

@@hishamrashid5293 a half god right?

[@chloe6947]

@@jejo4911 indeed. son of Zeus and hero to mankind

[@jejo4911]

@Toastie there were no electricity back then

[@jeremyponcy7311]

This video overlooked the primary point of the story. Remember she looks in the box twice. The lesson: Where some curiosity is a curse more curiosity is the cure.

[@syrenwater3811]

People do this with a lot of things like that. for example, the saying "curiosity killed the cat" the rest of the saying is " and answers brought it back again.

[@josephwilles29]

The video omitted that Pandora was given a great deal of empathy. When she opened the box, she really felt all of the intensity of the world's shame, horror, anger, hatred, and all other dark and terrible things. She was devastated and only in the darkest hour, came the glimmer of hope. With tears in her eyes, she looked up to see ... Batman!

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@josephwilles29 almost got me there.

[@dkf315]

@@josephwilles29 🤣🤣

[@satwikyeedulapalli2218]

@@josephwilles29 Ha!! The truth is finally revealed.

[@mahirorigami]

Zeus, the type of guy to laugh the loudest about his own jokes

[@nakiwinkydim]

Mahir Cave he did do that. But he’s the strongest of all gods combined so they couldn’t really do anything about it

[@kingcrimson3687]

@@nakiwinkydim tell that to Typhon

[@dzagoproductions3450]

@@kingcrimson3687 well Zeus did beat him. Although it took him a long time.

[@kingcrimson3687]

@@dzagoproductions3450 yes, but not on his own. Typhon beat zeus first, and then pan and hermes come to help him. So you see, zeus is not that all powerful

[@dzagoproductions3450]

@@kingcrimson3687 they helped him so he kould get back together. Both literally and figuratively. Other then that they didn't help him.

[@yorix5588]

Zeus: Gives a box to Pandora that is not to be opened in any circumstances Also Zeus:Gives her extreme curiosity

[@maggiesinthemud5638]

She was meant to open the box. It was a punishment for mankind

[@MrJohnhackers]

So confuse other videos said hera gave the curiosity

[@jcanims2620]

Even if zeus didn't give her the curiosity why would he give her it...

[@yorix5588]

Lmao CALM DOWN PEOPLE🤣🤣

[@MrJohnhackers]

Hey Im not making an argument about the story 😁😁😁😁just pointing out about some inconsistency on some parts of the story retold by different channels that they kinda messed up history for the viewers . ✌✌✌peace yo

[@ahmediii8587]

Zeus gave Pandora two boxes, she opened the second one on the 1st of January of 2020 AD.

[@askmenot2052]

Lol

[@gamingwithyoty7725]

*3

[@missnabila9734]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@justafrogdrinkingboba]

and the light is animal crossing

[@Nummbpie]

@@justafrogdrinkingboba what do ya mean?

[@aditya37mviews3weeksago3]

Zeus was a savage... He blessed her with a curious mind and then proceeded to give her a box that she should never open😂🤣

[@vriddhi1211]

he's so annoying lmao

[@whatzmyusrname]

That was the plan. The gods *wanted* Pandora to open the box, because the gods hate humanity and they decided to punish humanity.

[@lemonlime07]

@@whatzmyusrname new whole to this whole thing so didn't/shouldn't they have the power to just end humanity?

[@jennic9076]

if I gave you a bottle with a skull and crossbones on it and told you, you must never drink it, would you be temped to?

[@lizard_ow7145]

the other gods: gives pandora nice things Hermes: givers her a *name* zeus: I'm going to do what's called a pro gamer move

[@byronsenior6499]

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[@Arpi10ta]

But in greek mythology names did have power

[@shmeller5900]

Hermès gave 2 things, idk why they didn’t say them together

[@_bri_was_here_]

me, an intellectual: *makes sibling open the box*

[@jasonmarcellino1483]

1000th like

[@colonelcorneliuscornwall3547]

Ah, yes. Let’s give the most curious person on Earth a box they shouldn’t open. It’s a great idea!

[@laykimtech1423]

Indeed

[@capybaraandwatermelonenjoy8208]

No you dont get it. The gods WANTED her to open the box, they planned it all because they were mad at humans.

[@layla916]

She was ment to open it they were angry at the humans

[@jeremyponcy7311]

Who says she shouldn't have opened the box? The real lesson lies in her opening the box the second time.

[@Huz7Edits]

@@capybaraandwatermelonenjoy8208 You do know this is myth

[@hahamadeyouread214]

Moral of the story, don't give a cursed object to a child

[@jsfskitz]

That's right

[@mdmukulhossain3051]

Right

[@someone6413]

Itadori Yuuji violates the rule

[@devosanasam4123]

Right

[@hanah7858]

@@someone6413 lol , He just ate the cursed finger without hesitation. Megumi was very astonished

[@slog5560]

so Zeus gave Pandora the trait of curiosity, and then gives her a box that she is not a loud to look in at all costs... Zeus is A very clever god.

[@ishanasikka1587]

allowed*

[@gaster7401]

Well it was apart of his plan

[@kriminull8461]

@@gaster7401 a part*

[@gaster7401]

@@kriminull8461 shhhh no one needs to know that

[@gamingwithyoty7725]

@@kriminull8461 *criminal

[@fbi7568]

HELLO GUYS AND WE ARE GONNA DO ANOTHER UNBOXING VIDEO TODAY

[@spark1400]

Best comment

[@sassyantelope5622]

F B I *Lol yes*

[@kennythegamerplayz7192]

Lol

[@notinsideyourwalls]

Ha

[@ashmarine6733]

I feel like this is an r/cursedcomments moment xD

[@BangMaster96]

Inside Pandora's Box, was the Krusty Krab secret formula

[@bridgettebaham3426]

(☭ ͜ʖ ☭)

[@gato_feliz605]

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[@sauceaddict9569]

Lol😂💀

[@margetirona]

maybe a gas that gave Layton hallucinations

[@manasvisharma8497]

you are an aroha and a once ,well you met your match

[@waterfall6782001]

I think that the more interesting question is why hope was in the box. Is it truly to ease the horrors she unleased, or is hope just another kind of horror keeping us from taking different actions?

[@logos1.618]

Well, ελπις (elpis = hope) was in the same class of evils things in the box/jar. The question of why it wasn't released is quite an important one. You second hypothesis about hope being a kind of horror, I agree with. For hope ultimately makes one passive, there is no need to work for 'fire' or 'the arts.' Pandora's Box was a gift, humans are given problems to deal with and learn from, without hope compromising the pursuit of learning and action.

[@haydenchan7060]

Why Elpis is in the box-well, it’s not just to ease the horrors she unleashed. Hope remained in the jar because hope will never abandon humans. We will always have hope even in the darkest times, even when Zeus’ mini horror army is wreaking havoc on the world. That is the true reason why Elpis remained in the box, which is actually a pithos, a jar.

[@danieljoseph6404]

​@@logos1.618 No, hope drives people into action, to overcome the evils of the world and fight for a better future. No one will fight for or attempt things knowing that it won't succeed in the end (absence of hope).

[@totalfree8740]

​@@danieljoseph6404 So Pandora still have hope to herself

[@segnos]

Never heard this version of the story it’s so fascinating how ancient stories like this have so many different iterations that you could always be surprised when you hear a story like this because the variation of the story that the person telling know is so different from the one you know

[@Ponderish]

Can Zeus just like, not give the box to her

[@Vee-yr6vm]

Zeus always meant for her to open the box. She was a living Trojan Horse for humanity, so to speak.

[@yoshii6434]

EeviumZ 😑

[@stza16]

EeviumZ- You are right.

[@bantober]

EeviumZ it’s like they didn’t watch the video

[@josuke6869]

@@bantober where in the video does it state that zeus meant for her to open the box? And if so, why did he just not open the box himself if he wanted it open...

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Plot Twist:* Inside the Pandora's Box, there is a photo of Spongebob's embarrassing moments at the Christmas party.

[@roderickmendoza3185]

"Mery Christmas Spongebob!" - patrick star

[@sgaxnikolaix661]

BRUH!!!

[@munendersingh5631]

XD

[@slumshoes]

"The Inner Machinations of my mind are an enigma." - Patrick

[@stupidjester2129]

🛫🗼🗼

[@violetbaudelaire9604]

This is a wonderful story - reminding us that, although bad things are happening around us, there is still beauty left in the world. Keep it up, TED ED!!

[@visceraeyes525]

"in reality hope is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torment of man" -nietzsche

[@ValerioRhys]

@@visceraeyes525 torment is fleeting, suffering is transient

[@Alkotra]

*"Or are there mysteries that are better left unsolved?"* Thanks. Now I can't sleep

[@hi-gm3tx]

Zeus:*gives curiosity* Zeus:*gives a box not to open* BOI

[@scraplichfield994]

Kratis is displeased with his father.

[@42_10_]

bruhhh

[@maggiesinthemud5638]

Zeus wanted her to open it. It was a punishment to mankind.

[@missworld4384]

Galva Tron are u saying that women reck everything ?

[@gauravv3367]

Kratos: “You don't heed my orders"

[@zongivila]

Zeus: "It's just a prank bro" Edit: Thanks for the likes :D

[@Buzzity]

Zeus set Pandora up for failure so he could punish human kind for getting fire thanks to Prometheus But yeah he's a A-hole.

[@RandomPerson28337]

lmaoo

[@AmnaAleem2845]

no. that's Loki's line.😤

[@wfraffle]

It’s joke

[@alfiansupri5575]

Cool

[@ranjinijaikumar7212]

3:00 TED-Ed's so good, that even their scribbles are perfect.

[@jembothegreat]

Zeus is the type of guy who do pranks and he'll never regret it.

[@bellevalentine8067]

Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back

[@agathalinzhang1805]

Good tune

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woah

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smooth...

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wowie

[@mothgosally9333]

*mischievous laughter*

[@Romaoplays]

>gives curisity >gives box not to be opened without tellling what’s in it >???

[@abouttime837]

Greek gods really are just major assholes

[@stabloona468]

😂

[@agathafry4233]

A T So is the Abrahamic God. Eve was also given curiosity and told not to eat from one particular tree in the garden. Zoinks!

[@janewright315]

@@agathafry4233 plagiarism

[@agathafry4233]

janewright315 Not plagiarism. Just repeating themes born of human psyche.

[@inastasia4871]

I must have streamed Pandora's Box way too much for youtube to suggest this video

[@burntpt9816]

This channel expands my brain everyday and I’m grateful it helped me win a quiz in school

[@riatortilla9906]

All the other gods: **gives pandora great gifts** Hermes: yeah, i’mma just give her a name-

[@daffadaffa8076]

Hermes also gave her the mastery over language.

[@tofu6190]

In what I read hermes gave her curiosity and zeus gave her a name. :///

[@michaelroditis1952]

@@tofu6190 I am from Greece and I have noticed that most of the stories that originate from Greek mythology differ from what I have learned. But I guess there are many interpretations of the same stories.

[@heartsxx3150]

sounds like what i would do-

[@GermanAnimeStriker]

Im just baffled how many people can not listen properly... Hermes gave not only the name to pandora but also the mastery of all languages. And the fact that you got so many likes aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! people just listen better please!

[@4AMReflections]

j-hope, you're legend my guy.

[@aryakidora]

Here to educate myself for Jack in the box

[@mrsprite399]

Same

[@johnmccay9815]

Your hope has arrived. Prometheus is back for the redirect.

[@yatint9665]

I know this is a legend... But what did Zues expect would happen if he gave the gifts of extreme curiosity and a box not to be opened... I mean come on bruh!

[@beestrick8218]

Thats actually his point, she was given to mankind as punishment to man for accepting fire from Prometheus. Overly Sarcastic Productions has a great version of this that goes more into it :)

[@skurvay3429]

Sounds a lot like how God told Adam & Eve to not eat apples from the tree of knowledge but had a serpent that convinced them to eat the apples, coincidence or are we missing something here?

[@noodles1291]

skurvay I think there’s probably some influence in there

[@arkhadipustaka_]

all mischiefs in Greek Mythology is Zeus' fault LOL

[@AdamOctorachmadi]

Troll Dad

[@cherche8949]

zeus be giving pandora curiosity and then giving her the box that “must never be seen”

[@aohbmaeid]

You'll notice in the Greek stories that the Greek immortals liked that kind of setting people up to fail, among other evils.

[@Buzzity]

Zeus set Pandora up for failure so he could punish human kind for getting fire thanks to Prometheus. And Zeus is just a A-hole who thots around.

[@jophielswings]

what an absolute cockwomble.

[@kyc269]

Kinda sounds like God putting Adam and Eve in a beautiful garden paradise and telling them “Don’t eat from that tree of knowledge, yes that one right over there.”

[@MillionZillion]

It's all in his plans, I tell ya

[@stam10]

Congrats Ted Ed, it’s an honour for us, the Greeks, to transmit the history of Greek mythology to all the people with such an entertaining and interesting way! The history on its own, is not enough, it’s also about the way you pass it to your listener!

[@stop7475]

3:52 *oh no..*

[@goldngamer1365]

Yungus amongus

[@Magicallyrandom]

The point of Zeus making pandora and the box was to punish humanity to begin with because of Prometheus. She was always meant to open the box as a trap from zeus-- she was a human incarnation of a trojan horse.

[@M0rtanius]

Thanks for clearing that up, Ted ed's whitewashed retelling didn't really make sense but now it does!

[@vigneshnadar9475]

Nope you are wrong....pandora box is created to trap all the evils which was came from war between titans and gods

[@user-eo7fh6ls8z]

@@vigneshnadar9475 no

[@aruhik]

@@vigneshnadar9475 Wrong. It was a punishment from Zeus. Zeus gave her curiosity and a box. The curiosity was the reason she opened the box, zeus wanted her to open the box thats why he gave her curiosity.

[@clearancejohn]

@@vigneshnadar9475 cmon bruh...

[@P.Whitestrake]

I read somewhere that Pandora's Box wasn't originally a box. It was actually a jar (pithos, in Greek). The object became a box in the story because of the Latin version of the story mistranslated pithos as pyxis (vessel), later became box.

[@chickenfinger7829]

AggressiveNegotiator It was a storage jar; There's no difference in meaning or symbolism from pithos, box, chest, jar, or vase. Thanks for sharing and attempting to spread knowledge!

[@blankname6657]

You are correct, but it originally became known as a box because of mistakes in translation and pronunciation back a long time ago. Slowly, people recognized it ws a "box" rather than a vase, but it's just a common saying now so everyone goes with it.

[@geraldgrenier8132]

And Pandora's Pithos has alliteration

[@seastilton7912]

AggressiveNegotiator Yeah I think that's true

[@anushkanavetia]

Yes you are right, and by the way the book must be Percy Jackson; The Last Olympians. I love this series :) ;).

[@speedracer2008]

This myth always reminds me of the Firebird Suite segment in Fantasia 2000 (1999), because they both involve forces being released and wreaking havoc, due to curiosity.

[@ikkhyle]

Pandora's box serves as a reminder of the importance of mindfulness and the need to think things carefully before doing an action. The story highlights the balance between hope and despair in life. On my opinion curiosity can be both a blessing and a potential source of trouble. On the other hand curiosity drives innovation, creativity, and personal growth. Curiosity motivates us to explore, learn, and understand the world around us, however, unchecked curiosity can lead to unexpected consequences and danger, as I've seen in the story of Pandora's box. The story suggest extreme consequences on tempering with the unknown, but Pandora's burning curiosity also suggest the duality that lies in the heart of human inquiry… The story will always remind us that, although bad things are happening around us, there is still beauty left the world and the only thing that we need is ourselves to help it to find.

[@galgar5660]

The gods gave her a lot of gifts... in fact Pandora in Greek means "all gifts"

[@Rafayel06]

So, pan means all and dora means gifts, right?

[@munendersingh5631]

Roughly

[@galgar5660]

@@Rafayel06 yes, pas pasa pan means all (masculine, feminine and neutral) and doron means gift (dora is the plural)

[@Buzzity]

Yes, it does.

[@user-dx5bn4yk4f]

Giulio D'Arrigo greek is so beautiful. One of my favorite languages beside italian and spanish.

[@naomirae6096]

Inside the pandora box is more james charles tea

[@adunneka8237]

Yes Sisters

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

Hi sisters bye sisters

[@shrub._.685]

Yas queen

[@ba.nguyen]

yas sistersss

[@joelanthony4319]

put some more

[@JK_Candy_Star]

I just listened to Jack in the box album And really liked the song pandora’s box

[@BamBam-je4yf]

love the animation, cheers to the artist. Also thanks for the information, needed it!

[@reneumeh8601]

Hephaestus: Hey guys, I made a daughter Zeus: I'm about to end this girl's whole career

[@byronsenior6499]

Technically he started it. Without him she wouldn't have infamy. She'd just be forgotten.

[@TylrTheDstryr]

Everyone: "You. Did. WHAT."

[@hoopitydoopity]

I thought you said hepatitus

[@dhananjayvasudeva7628]

Zeus: hates mankind Also zeus: I need to frick that wamen

[@asmiroy2926]

Not career, HER FRIGGING LIFE

[@trillix9864]

I love how everybody points out the curiosity thing and the box and how that isn’t a good idea and it isn’t Zeus knew Zeus wanted to punish the humans for excepting the gift of fire so he created Pandora and gave her a bad box and curiosity basically making her into a time bomb

[@StarBoundFables]

Thanks for creating & sharing this wonderful mythological story with us 🙏🏽 Kinda funny that Zeus totally loaded the box up once & is like "Naah, can't do that again" 😄

[@GjaP_242]

Before we offer a summary of the story of Pandora’s box, and analyse its meaning, it’s best to do a bit of myth-busting of our own: ‘Pandora’s box’ wasn’t actually a box. Pandora’s ‘box’ was actually Pandora’s jar. Source: Interesting Literature

[@nielshaentjens5758]

The fact that 'Hope' was the last thing left in the box shows that hope isn't always to be associated with positive things. Hope, in some circumstances, can destroy you.

[@aohbmaeid]

To me it shows that hope is always the last thing standing. All the evils burst out of the box (pithos), but hope lies in wait for you to release it, it won't leave without you letting it. I do agree that hope can be quite destructive in some cases however.

[@Harrier_DuBois]

Give me an example when hope would destroy someone?

[@aohbmaeid]

​@@Harrier_DuBois Hope can be destructive when your heart is broken. In cases where it's crucial to accept that something is over, namely. After a breakup, if you keep hoping it can work out when it's a toxic or unhealthy relationship. When losing someone to death, or when things change permanently in life, as they must; we always hope that it can go back to where it was. Many a poor soul has lost their sanity and their will to live over such things.

[@maggiesinthemud5638]

In most versions hope never left the box.

[@erickcastellanos6814]

Niels Haentjens great analysis for Ap Lang or Lit

[@artificialpanda7173]

"And at the bottom of Pandora's box, all that remains was hope"

[@trananbinhjerry6438]

Shona Palmer you spell "rope noose" wrong

[@notverypoggersofyouhajime4980]

**nagito sprites**

[@sirclarkmarz]

And hope is what precedes disappointment

[@cosmic3789]

"Zeus your son has RETURNED i bring the destruction of Olympus"

[@tanaysaxena1139]

'ZOOOS YOUR SON HAS RETURNED I BRING THE DESTRUCTION OF OLYMPUS'

[@jahnavi.youtube]

Actually I am here after jhope's song to know more about the concept that led to the song 💜

[@jon6309]

I really really love this story and how this channel interpreted it compared to other channels. I can relate to this story with my personal journey learning divination. My burning curiosity has led me to the path of divination which has changed my perspective of the World forever and cannot be reversed even though I miss my old perception of life but there is a silver lining of hope even though I am a bit pessimistic and confused about this new path at the current moment.

[@haongngoc1215]

What is the path you're mentioning?

[@jon6309]

@@haongngoc1215 my personal path!

[@sketchthis4711]

They always say Curiosity killed the cat But what they don't say is Satisfaction brought it back

[@JuanIII]

Cats get 9 tries to think better of it.

[@sayri537]

..

[@Reinheart.]

Copied

[@jouwpapa]

nobody said that

[@ynah8336]

Give her a box that will never meant to be opened *GiVes HeR cUriOuSiTy* Zeus: *WhAt WoUlD pOsSiBlY gO wRoNg?*

[@JOANNA-dn5iu]

Thanks! In my class I was learning this and after watching this video, I learn more. I enjoy watching this kind of video

[@strawberryjam6612]

fun fact: the original story never indicated that pandora didn’t know what was in the pythos. Pandora was the gods punishment for humanity after prometheus gave them fire. also, at least in the versions i’ve read, hope never left the pythos, being symbolic of how hope will not leave humanity

[@visceraeyes525]

ironically enough, hope is the worst of all evils

[@kingzcomparison3683]

@@visceraeyes525 How?

[@visceraeyes525]

@@kingzcomparison3683 because it prolongs the torments of man

[@kingzcomparison3683]

@@visceraeyes525 Hmm ok but without hope we would not be here. What we accomplished in the past 100 years. If humanity lost hope after the World war 1 or World 2 we would not be this technologically advanced and you and I won't be replying to each other.

[@fbiagent3998]

​@@visceraeyes525what? Hope is what keeps you going. Without hope we would all be depressed and k worded ourselves. It's ingrained into us

[@TheStaffmaster]

in the ORIGINAL MYTH, Hope was supposed to be the greatest ill of all, because it gives humanity the delusion that they can affect change upon the world to lessen suffering, when in reality that ability was supposedly only the purview of the gods. (I.e. it make one think that they can challenge the threads of Fate, and even the gods are rarely successful in that endeavor.)

[@KVandendriessche]

TheStaffmaster that’s how I learned the story as well.

[@ynkrock7]

I disagree. Like you mentioned, the gods themselves were subject to Fate. Their hope, in spite of their knowledge of this, and of their belief in an afterlife full of suffering, was almost an affirmation of their suffering. They found meaning in it. I'd it's not quite a delusion, but a rejection of a life without meaning due to Fate.

[@madisonatteberry9720]

The version I'm familiar with was hope was intentionally left last so when Pandora opened the box she would allow all the ills and evils to befall the world and close it only when hope was left unknown to her and trapping it from all humanity...............................................the old Gods were short of dicks.

[@TheStaffmaster]

@@madisonatteberry9720 That's the B version. I'm familiar with that one as well. Perhaps one is the Macedonian version and the other the Greek version.

[@madisonatteberry9720]

@@TheStaffmaster Perhaps. For me it's hard to tell which is which as both versions are short of bleak and the ancient Greeks were all bleak.

[@va9780]

Zeus- Let me bless this child with the gift of eternal curiosity. Also Zeus- Hmmmm......What do I do with this box containing all the horrors of the world? *LOOKS AT PANDORA* *HANDS OVER THE BOX TO PANDORA* Zeus- Job. Well. Done. Now what's Hercules been upto these days?

[@degenerate651]

V A underrated comment

[@thesunshines3811]

😂

[@froggdoggs8551]

you do realize he wanted her to open the box right

[@Min-Taro]

He's been summon by Illyasviel von Einzbern

[@failedatmakingasandwich423]

@@Min-Taro ah fellow fate fan I see.

[@user-eq2tp1gz1r]

my, my, the colours and details are stunning💚

[@Suki4na]

Thank's so much for this video, I really enjoyed it and it inspired me so much, this helped with my project so much❤. Thank you so much Ted Ed❤

[@anhahello9831]

Zeus: **gives Pandora a box to never be opened** Also Zeus: *LeTS GIve HEr CuRiOSitY!* Athena where were you when this happened...

[@suleimansghk]

indeed

[@erinrising2799]

Athena is like "Dad, WTF?!?"

[@hmmnotsure]

Who?

[@hmmnotsure]

@@shrutis Oh. Thanks😊.

[@melonnolem7449]

Anh Nguyen she left after giving her gift

[@TommoCarroll]

You knew I was taking a break with a bit of KZbin didn't you? Surely!? Perfect timing to upload your another one of your *beautiful* videos again 🙌

[@frontiermusic5187]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@Lizzie-ve7kt]

Okay but if Pandora was with Epimetheus, couldn’t she have skirted around the issue by having him open the box to tell her what was inside since he was a Titan and not a human? Zeus only said the box wasn’t for human eyes so would a Titan opening it mean that everything would remain contained?

[@mrsprite399]

So That's the story of Jack in the box. Nice

[@arpitchanand1970]

From what I have read before, the gods made Pandora to punish Ephimetheus’s brother, Prometheus who has stolen the gods’ fire and gave it to mortals. So the gods made Pandora and gave her to Ephimetheus and gave her the box containing humanity’s greatest disgraces so that this family would be blame (to punish them for what Prometheus did). So she opened the box out of her internally given curiosity’s for released these disgraces out into the world. But the gods did not intend to leave the mortals in absolute peril so they put in Elpis, or Hope in the box also. Hope that helps heheheh

[@sarinakhera342]

yeah, this is the same version i've heard before

[@sherfey06]

Yeah but people have never mentioned the other thing in the box, hope. I'm glad that they added it in this story.

[@moemenchalouati4182]

Where did you read that

[@freelancers_corner]

@@moemenchalouati4182 Mythology by Edith Hamilton, read up

[@moemenchalouati4182]

@@freelancers_corner thanks i will

[@itsjustmeofficial]

But the real question is When will Ted do a TED talk

[@rainrhapsody2411]

Doesn't Ted stand for technology, education and design?

[@danny8284]

@@rainrhapsody2411 yeah but it's a joke

[@rainrhapsody2411]

@@danny8284 Oh my bad😅

[@danny8284]

@@rainrhapsody2411 lol I didn't get it at first either

[@Bianca-iz5wk]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sarahvalencia3350]

The fact that i already knew and read this story but here i am watching and listening to it like im addicted to this story.

[@saadiasaulat9886]

comes to thus video casue jhope named a song after this

[@onallisandro2585]

Zeus: Gives Pandora the gift of curiosity. Also gives her box with no hint of the contents and telling her not to open it Man Zeus must've had a cruel sense of humor

[@genghiskhan5701]

MRBOSSPLAYZ -Official Eh Pandora was meant to open it

[@shailithakur5675]

.

[@whatshouldwecallher6417]

Somebody opened pandora's box in December 2019.

[@AmishaMaithani]

😭

[@Juniper.Everywhere]

😭

[@rajdeepjadav6263]

Because it was part of chinese territory.

[@Pori6789]

Yes

[@niki5923]

Probably someone from China

[@notverypoggersofyouhajime4980]

“the only thing left in the box was hope.” **nagito komeada has joined the chat**

[@robrogers4167]

I remember reading that hope was actually a bad thing, that it gives the suffering the will to endure, just so that they can continue to suffer. Would explain why Zeus had it in the box.

[@jonasraphael1401]

However this is not the full story of Pandora, you’re missing why Pandora was created and why Zevs gave her the box, leaving out the duality of hope as Zevs didn't place it there as a blessing but as hope is what makes life worth living despite all the sorrows in belief of a better time, hence making it the blessing of fortitude and the curse of self-torment

[@TheCrippledCreeper]

I feel this is one of the most important parts of Pandora's story. The art is good but this retelling is lackluster, missing a lot of the symbolism for the sake of simplicity.

[@MrGregory777]

Hope is what makes people endure hardships. Sounds to me like a curse. I would rather have courage and fight back the hardship

[@ynkrock7]

The Greeks had quite an interesting view on life. Through tragedies, they showed that, despite their status as mere mortals in a world dominated by gods and fate, there was an underlying beauty to their suffering. Tis why I love Greek myths, oh so beautiful!

[@Kookie-zv4bu]

This reminded me of the lyrics "Where there is hope, there are trials" from Sea

[@nitee2100]

I need to know the original myth now

[@walkingbreadstick8610]

Baby pandora: literally has red hair Pandora: has blue hair THaTs GoD dAmn ConSistEnt

[@user-sb8ks1ij7b]

I think it's the lighting

[@kevinbartolome414]

indeed

[@kiki_1647]

So true bruh

[@shutupvish8070]

It's her super saiyan blue........

[@pedroivog.s.6870]

She was curious to know how it is having blue hair and painted it.

[@sreeja09]

Your youtube channel explains everything in a very simple way

[@joshualumbe1842]

I have watched this like ten times, A Pandora box for me from TED- Ed.... Amazing stories🙏🙏

[@daneyyp3328]

It's like the temptation of Adam and Eve story in the Bible. Zeus as God. Curiosity gift as free will. Box as the Forbidden fruit.

[@harleyurch301]

Yes, I’m actually watching this because someone who was explaining Adam and Eve as pretty comparable, almost as proof that that really did happen, cause the stories align. 😁 it’s neat

[@brucewayne2955]

Never thought of it like that. Neat. Then again I just learned about the legend of Pandora's Box. I mean I always heard about it, but never learned the actual story

[@curiousthinker8040]

I think the stories are similar because there really are sacred plants on Earth that will show people a lot more than society was ready for at the time. People back then feared what they couldn't understand. Furthermore, there are also many deadly plants that can cause mania, so they probably didn't want people to go experimenting with everything that came their way.

[@aidanreyes4325]

a lot of the Old Testament stories were actually based on Ancient Greek & Egyptian mythology.

[@curiousthinker8040]

@@TheWSYNkatevy153 And you know this with such certainty how?

[@user-bo9we9cv9r]

*Fun Fact*: Pandora in Greek (pan+dora//παν+δώρα) means the one with all the gifts and she was named Pandora because of the fact that the Gods gave her all those traits/gifts mentioned in the video

[@Daniel-ls1gm]

Pandora has won a round in PUBG with pan only

[@Zyra-Not-The-LOL-One]

πανδώρα

[@shtuffs]

so gender inequality...

[@adidwaqas8062]

Jee who knew Patrick star was SMART?

[@jasminkth6633]

When I think of J-hope songs I feel it has a really deep meaning...the story is so good

[@aradhyaakulshrestha8361]

At first , a very beautiful vedio it was. And a big thanks to Ted-Ed ,your vedios are great and share sommuch of information about things we didn't knew about

[@lightningcool1049]

Why would you give her curiosity and a mysterious box not to open?? Zeus is drunk😂😂😂

[@lightningcool1049]

Honestly thats even worse

[@veenarani5413]

@Galva Tron Yeah because loving who you want to love is worse than poverty, nuclear war and climate change.

[@coolbeans5911]

@Galva Tron last i checked, most wars were started by men, and more acts of violence are committed by men than women. But sure, blame the gays

[@spacekid9680]

@@coolbeans5911 hey! It's not *my* fault!

[@tsarinaballerina4]

Lightning Cool Yeah, Ganymede gave him too much to drink...

[@jfele4049]

I love the way that you tell Legends. greetings from Greece

[@halloooo1duuuuu]

Kokkinogenis dreams Greetings from Germany, I've been to Greece. Your country is truly beautiful!

[@XxxXoldaccount]

Pandora: hey guys, welcome to my unboxing video!

[@lorettalynn2610]

"The more you tell someone not to open the box, the more curious and eager they are to want to open the box"

[@abouttime837]

I thought the first thing that’d be clarified is that it was originally a vase 🏺 and not a box

[@P.Whitestrake]

Quite. It's actually a large jar, from the Greek word "phitos."

[@har16923]

😂🤣😂🤣 It's not a box that doesn't exist But a vase that doesn't exist. Flawless logic

[@simonepradhan5023]

Phitos

[@Harry-zn7yb]

@@har16923 They're just trying to be mythologically correct

[@blackdragons8011]

Yeah. And Pandora didn't open the "box" because she was curious. Women were the punishment for Men because they regained fire from Prometeus after Zeus took it away from them. And Pandora was only made to become part the humens (Men) and then unleash Zeus' punishment upon them.

[@sleepyysleep]

the gods: *gives pandora intense curiosity* also the gods: “lets give her a box she shouldn’t open lol”

[@faye3642]

“but there’s a twist! we’re also gonna make her extremely curious 🤭”

[@justinaleligay4604]

It was a punishment as the titan Prometheus stole fire and gave it to mankind and so Zeus sent Pandora to the home of Epithemeus who was Prometheus' brother where she would unleash the horrors inside the box he gave her to punish Prothemeus as he was the one who created mankind

[@alokji77]

Wow, nice story. Amazing. But for my teacher, I would never have stumbled upon this great story

[@pree5292]

This recommended me at the perfect time.... JHOPE'S" JACK IN THE BOX" album is based on this myth 😃... The masterpiece he made... LEGEND JHOPE..

[@munendersingh5631]

It's said that hope is the most horrendous of all evils in the box as all other evils play with the body and the mind but hope deceives the soul and forlongs its suffering . Hope cause humans to hold onto this world and wait eternally for the better times that never come Or else I am just a edge lord

[@ynkrock7]

The Greeks did not believe in a happy afterlife, quite the opposite. If anything, their hope was rooted in finding beauty and meaning in spite of their suffering. When Odysseus found Achilles in the underworld, all Achilles hoped for was one more day on Earth, even as a poor farmer. He regretted his choice of choosing immortality through his heroics versus living a life full of inherent suffering.

[@DancingBugBoi]

+ynkrock7 it all depends on where you end up, really good ones where sent to Eural which was said to be grand.

[@Baronnax]

In the words of Nolan's Bane: "There is no true despair without hope."

[@ayushalder]

Well he dead now so jokes on him

[@pourna3165]

You're just an edge lord

[@poliposebna]

Ignoring the point of this video, but just wanting to say that the animation and art style are really cool!

[@atariblue]

I was digging it too. Reminiscent of the art style in Disney's Hercules.

[@halloooo1duuuuu]

An another human it is! The character really match the image of Greek gods.

[@Bibibosh]

An another human Misty would be proud! TOGGAPEEEEE

[@inessa5923]

The colors here really remind me of Lore Olympus... Which is the reason I'm here in the first place. Love it.

[@TheCaptives23]

There were so many cool thing that baby inherited by gods like deep emotions. Great detail attention and Hermie just named her pandora.

[@sourabhs14]

_Schrodinger's cat, has left the chat_ ..

[@shai9651]

Zeus' gift wasn't actually a box. It's a pithos or as translated in English, a jar

[@shalinishivakumar5287]

FINALLY SOMEONE

[@dragonofthewest8305]

Wow that is amazing

[@thadramallama]

FINALLYYY!!

[@ba.nguyen]

finally someone who actually read Percy Jackson

[@thadramallama]

@@ba.nguyen IKR!! (ps: i still have a bone to pick with uncl rick for killing Jason....)

[@aishwaryathakur3190]

"Curioussity kills the cat but satisfaction brings it back."

[@mcocdiobrando7254]

This was actually a good story, it basically shows that humanity’s thirst for knowledge will eventually be our undoing

[@fbiagent3998]

I don't think that was the point

[@Portrial]

Zeus: *gives Pandora curiosity* also Zeus: *gives Pandora a box and instructed not to open*

[@noodles1291]

Portrial of Destiny that was the whole point, curiosity was bound to destroy her and the whole of humanity

[@lemonboiyoutube]

Great video! However, from all of our orginal Greek sources, it's Pandora's Pithos, a type of Greek jar, not a box. Pandora's Box is a mistranslation. Secondly, this plan was devised by the gods as a way to hurt mankind and blame it on Epimetheus, Prometheus's brother, as another way to further punish Prometheus for gifting fire to mankind, and to punish mankind for receiving it. This version of the story could possible exist, but it is very unlikely, and contains many modern additions. The Greek Gods were not viewed as benevolent, but merely reflections of reality. Ted-ed's versions of these myths are not accurate reflections of the greco-roman mythos, but they have animations so thats cool.

[@YoussefE.]

Underrated comment.

[@davidsinger-carter2837]

Thank you.

[@alovelysoul4114]

I was looking for this comment!!! Thank you.

[@kyratawney7591]

Pithos were used for storing wine, olive oil, and other provisions, and also ritually as containers for human bodies ready for burying. Maybe she wanted a snack in reality? Lol.

[@lemonboiyoutube]

@@kyratawney7591 lol

[@sabih__]

Giving the most curious person a box they shouldn't open is such a Zeus thing to do

[@megancashatt]

Some fun facts I've heard about this story: -Pandora was a gift from Zeus to Epimethius. -The box was a gift to Pandora on her and Epi’s wedding day. -Zeus made Pandora as a punishment, giving her the box knowing she would open it. Pandora was created to bring the punishment of mankind (Death, Disease, Greed, Sorrow, etc.) for accepting the gift of fire from Prometheus. Pandora opening the box was all a part of Zeus’s plans for revenge on man. Zeus always gets his way and his honor. Correction: Zeus didn’t create Pandora he ordered her creation from Hephaestus (the God of Forge), who was also ordered to chain Prometheus.

[@jacquelsimon4168]

I dont know if this is just me but i terms of the third point, i think this story is tied to christianity, i think Jehovah genuinely wanted Eve to eat the fruit so that the full story of the bible would play out on Earth.

[@Rika_kaiyo]

​@@jacquelsimon4168dang, thanks for the info

[@undead_siege_1493]

Pandora: opens box Zeus: yo wtf

[@galaxytwighlight138]

And pandora be like :u give the gift of curiosity