I'm Pandora, thousands of years ago I gave a gift to humanity, now I'm back to see what it's been like, and has a devilish grin on her face. According to Hesiod, when Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus, the king of the gods, took vengeance by presenting Pandora to Prometheus' brother Epimetheus. Pandora opened a jar left in his care containing death and many other evils which were then released into the world. She hastened to close the container, but the whole contents had escaped except for one thing that lay at the bottom – usually translated as Hope, though it could also have the pessimistic meaning of “deceptive expectation". From this story has grown the idiom “to open (a) Pandora’s box”, meaning to do or start something that will cause many unforeseen problems. Its modern, more colloquial equivalent is "to open a can of worms". Have a bad cold, I will comment tomorrow. Hello my friends, your comments are always very much appreciated. Take care, have a nice day, Michael.