Pan-dō'ra

[Lat. Pandora, Gr. Πανδώρα, from πᾶς, πᾶν, all, and δῶρον, a gift.] (Myth.) A woman fabled to have been made by Vulcan, and upon whom all the gods and goddesses bestowed gifts to make her more complete.

Pandora's box, a box containing innumerable evils, fabled to have been presented to Pandora by Jupiter, from which, when opened, countless ills and diseases issued forth to afflict mankind, Hope alone remaining for the consolation of the race; hence, that which contains every thing, or a countless variety of objects.