Similarities

There are many similarities between Hesiod's Pandora and Eve of the bible. One similarity is that in both accounts they were said to be the first woman, both created with a purpose. Although Pandora and Eve purposes differed they were both in one way a gift or companion for man. In Hesiod's Theogony and Days and Works Pandora was created as a gift of a wife for Epimetheus but also as a deceptive trap. Although Eve was not created as a trap she was made to be a suitable companion for man Adam. The main similarity and focus of these two stories is the unleashing of grim cares and sin into the world. Pandora unstopped the jar that released grim cares and misfortune into the world that had previously not existed. And Eve similarly ate of the apple which brought sin into the world separating man from God. Both are often held accountable for the down fall of man.