Pandora

?Women may appear as dangerous and evil in the myth of Pandora, but this is simply an extension of the roles of Gaia and Rhea, whose maternal allegiances regularly turn them against their husbands.? This quote possesses a spectrum of interpretations, yet in my opinion contains both precision and falsity. While it is certain that the myth of Pandora portrays women with a great deal of malevolence as well as the fact that, on various …

…contradict the original quote. In conclusion, although it is certainly true that women appear dangerous and evil in the myth of Pandora, I don?t think in Hesiod?s mind this is simply an extension of the roles of Gaia and Rhea. Even though it is also true that their maternal allegiances regularly turn them against their husbands, this cannot by the sole reason for the way women are portrayed in the myth of Pandora.