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I never thought of Pandora = Panda, but you're right, it could work.
'Course, Pandora's also a little too out-there for me (along with the whole "releasing all the world's sorrows" Pandora's Box thing...), but let's not quibble over details here. ;-)
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'Course, Pandora's also a little too out-there for me (along with the whole "releasing all the world's sorrows" Pandora's Box thing...), but let's not quibble over details here. ;-)
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along with the whole "releasing all the world's sorrows" Pandora's Box thing...
She also released Hope--and that's why I love the name. It means a good thing amidst all the bad to me.
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...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
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She also released Hope--and that's why I love the name. It means a good thing amidst all the bad to me.
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...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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Ah... But the myth specifically says the box (actually jar, according to Wikipedia) contained all the world's sorrows. Not "all the world's sorrows and hope". Think about it!
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Bah to Wikipedia--every version of the story I was ever told ended with Hope, and that's what matters to me.
:D
In any case, I'd much rather see Pandora than Rylea.
Array
...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
:D
In any case, I'd much rather see Pandora than Rylea.
Array
...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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Pandora Nyx. How lovely. How poetic. How utterly Greek.
Not really contributing much to the thread here, but I've heard the Hope part, too. I think Pandora Nyx is a lovely balance of realities. They embody everything that society frowns on, but when you ponder them, they also provide the strength to get through the other things.
What could be more real than sorrow tempered with hope, sadness tempered with joy, and darkness balanced by light?
What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
Pandora Nyx. How lovely. How poetic. How utterly Greek.
Not really contributing much to the thread here, but I've heard the Hope part, too. I think Pandora Nyx is a lovely balance of realities. They embody everything that society frowns on, but when you ponder them, they also provide the strength to get through the other things.
What could be more real than sorrow tempered with hope, sadness tempered with joy, and darkness balanced by light?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
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Well, actually...
...in the book I'm looking at right now, "Greek Myths", I couldn't help but look it up :-). It says, and I quote: "At last the stream slacked, and Pandora, who had been paralyzed with fear and horror, found strength to shut her box. The only thing left it it now, however, was the one good gift the gods had put in among so many evil ones. This was hope, and since that time the hope that is in a man's heart is the only thing which has made him able to bear the sorrows that Pandora brought upon him."
I guess you can interpret this to say hope could have been unleased as well if Pandora hadn't shut it in, but also that it already resided in the hearts of men. But if they didn't have that hope they weren't gettin any any where else. :-) But, who really knows anyway?
...in the book I'm looking at right now, "Greek Myths", I couldn't help but look it up :-). It says, and I quote: "At last the stream slacked, and Pandora, who had been paralyzed with fear and horror, found strength to shut her box. The only thing left it it now, however, was the one good gift the gods had put in among so many evil ones. This was hope, and since that time the hope that is in a man's heart is the only thing which has made him able to bear the sorrows that Pandora brought upon him."
I guess you can interpret this to say hope could have been unleased as well if Pandora hadn't shut it in, but also that it already resided in the hearts of men. But if they didn't have that hope they weren't gettin any any where else. :-) But, who really knows anyway?
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Thats the version that I heard too - that all the evils got released, and that hope was the only thing left in the box when Pandora sealed it again.
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That's pretty much my interpretation of it, too.
It's always been ambiguous that we have all of those things because Pandora supposedly let them out of the box, and yet we have hope because Pandora supposedly shut it in the box.
I suspect it's become altered in the translation somewhere in the millenia since it was first invented!
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
It's always been ambiguous that we have all of those things because Pandora supposedly let them out of the box, and yet we have hope because Pandora supposedly shut it in the box.
I suspect it's become altered in the translation somewhere in the millenia since it was first invented!
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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I'd have to agree. Every time I've heard the story of Pandora, it always mentioned hope at the end. And also, I just wanted to say that I like the name Pandora. If people can name their daughters Eve, I can name my daughter Pandora. =)
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"The dog is a gentleman; I hope I go to his heaven, not man's."
- Mark Twain.
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