In
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...
, Pandora (, derived from ' "all" and "gift", thus "all-gifted" or "all-giving") was
Phthian princess as the daughter of King
Deucalion
In Greek mythology, Deucalion (; ) was the son of Prometheus; ancient sources name his mother as Clymene (mythology), Clymene, Hesione (Oceanid), Hesione, or Pronoia (mythology), Pronoia.A Scholia, scholium to ''Odyssey'' 10.2 (=''Catalogue of W ...
of
Thessaly
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. She was named after her maternal grandmother, the more infamous
Pandora.
Mythology
Pandora's mother was
Pyrrha
In Greek mythology, Pyrrha (; ) was the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora and wife of Deucalion of whom she had three sons, Hellen, Amphictyon, Orestheus; and three daughters Protogeneia, Pandora and Thyia. According to some accounts, Hell ...
, daughter of
Epimetheus and
Pandora. She was the sister of
Hellen
In Greek mythology, Hellen (; ) is the eponymous progenitor of the Greeks, Hellenes. He is the son of Deucalion (or Zeus) and Pyrrha, and the father of three sons, Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus (son of Hellen), Aeolus, by whom he is the ancestor of t ...
and
Thyia. Her other possible siblings were
Protogeneia,
Pronoos,
Orestheus,
Marathonius,
Amphictyon
Amphictyon or Amphiktyon (; ), in Greek mythology, was a king of Thermopylae and later Athens. In one account, he was the ruler of Locris.Pseudo-Scymnus, Pseudo-Scymnos, ''Circuit de la terre'587 ff./ref>
Etymology
The name of Amphictyon is a ba ...
,
Melantho (
Melantheia) and
Candybus.
[ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v]
''Kandyba (Κάνδυβα)''
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According to the Hesiodic ''Catalogue of Women
The ''Catalogue of Women'' ()—also known as the ''Ehoiai '' (, )The Latin transliterations ''Eoeae'' and ''Ehoeae'' are also used (e.g. , ); see Catalogue of Women#Title and the ē' hoiē-formula, Title and the ''ē' hoiē''-formula, below. Th ...
'', Pandora was the mother of Graecus by the god Zeus
Zeus (, ) is the chief deity of the List of Greek deities, Greek pantheon. He is a sky father, sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.
Zeus is the child ...
."And in the palace Pandora the daughter of noble Deucalion was joined in love with father Zeus, leader of all the gods, and bare Graecus, staunch in battle."
It has been debated whether Pandora is here Deukalion’s daughter or his wife, or neither.
In some accounts, Pandora's children by Zeus were called Melera and Pandorus.[Pseudo-Clement, ''Recognitions']
10.21
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Notes
References
* Gantz, Timothy, ''Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2).
* Hesiod, ''Catalogue of Women'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914
Online version at theoi.com
* Pseudo-Clement, ''Recognitions'' from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867
Online version at theoi.com
* West, M. L., ''The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Its Nature, Structure, and Origins'', Clarendon Press
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Oxford, 1985. .
Princesses in Greek mythology
Deucalionids
Mortal women of Zeus
Mythological Thessalians
Thessalian mythology
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